Lenders that sell single-family mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became slightly more daring in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to an exclusive new analysis by Inside Mortgage Trends. [Includes two data charts.]
The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations clarifying whether residential lenders, including nonbanks, are eligible for the 20 percent pass-through deduction under Section 199A of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Mark Calabria, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, may be looking at a prolonged confirmation process in the Senate, according to industry observers.
There has been a significant uptick in the re-performing loan market, including whole-loan sales and securitizations (some unrated), as more borrowers move from a nonperforming to re-performing status, according to a new analysis by credit rating agency DBRS.
Ginnie Mae late Wednesday barred loanDepot from delivering VA single-family loans to Ginnie Mae I and multi-issuer pools apparently due to unusually high prepayment rates in its VA loan portfolio.
Surprising no one, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday decided not to raise the target rate on federal funds above the current 2.25 percent. The vote, as usual, was unanimous.
Multifamily lender Walker & Dunlop plans to expand its small-loan business, confident about investor demand and performance of such assets in the secondary market.
Mortgage-investing real estate investment trust New Residential Investment Corp., New York, informed the ailing Ditech Financial that it plans to terminate its roughly $83.7 billion subservicing contract.
Depending on what type of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reform occurs in the next few years, there’s a growing concern in the market that foreign investors — and others — may shy away from their MBS unless there’s an explicit guarantee on the securities.
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