Investors are pleased that FHFA has improved the capital treatment of commingled securities. The overall industry response to the proposed rule change, though, has been a resounding “meh.”
It’s been four months since FHFA approved new credit scoring models for loans delivered to the GSEs. While the transition wasn’t going to be quick, industry participants are still waiting on a timeline.
Would social bonds backed by single-family loans rather than multifamily loans still comport with the GSEs’ mission without impacting safety and soundness? FHFA issued a request for input on the matter.
Credit Suisse completed the first part of the sale of its securitized products group; tighter pricing for Fannie with latest CRT offering; SEC’s rating service report light on details; retrial in GSE shareholder case set for July; RMF’s planned securitization scuttled.
NYCB closes Flagstar’s non-bank branches; FHA offers new incentives for servicers; home prices decline again in November; MBA writes to FHFA on the cost of doing business with the GSEs; new products aimed at newly-constructed homes; MISMO offers loan limit tool.
The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rules require mortgage lenders to disclose prices within three days of an application. But to do so they have to rely on frequently faulty income and debt information.
By targeting price cuts at low-FICO score and high-LTV borrowers, the new pricing grids of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could increase market overlap with FHA.
Upfront fees will decline for most low-income borrowers, but will increase for some middle-income homebuyers. The result is more cross-subsidy for the GSEs’ mission-based activities.