Caliber Home Loans has announced pricing of a uniquely structured private offering of secured term notes backed by Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights and excess servicing spreads

The volume of prime non-agency MBS issuance is on the rise as investor demand for the product increases. Pricing in the non-agency MBS market for jumbos is rivaling execution levels for holding the loans in portfolio, and some issuers are seeing better returns by placing loans in non-agency MBS instead of delivering them to the government-sponsored enterprises.

After an extended period of steady growth in its investment in the residential MBS market, the banking industry changed course in early 2018 and reduced its participation in the market, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis. [Includes two data charts.]

Goldman Sachs is approaching $1 billion in credit towards reaching a $1.8 billion consumer-relief obligation under two mortgage-related settlement agreements with the Department of Justice and three states, including New York, Illinois and California.

By the end of this year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to create a clearinghouse of resources such as translated mortgage documents to help borrowers who have a limited proficiency of English.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said as the U.S. considers reforming the housing-finance system it should take a look at what can be learned from other countries, in particular, Denmark.

Residential mortgage lending was down in the first quarter of 2018 in every category, and by roughly similar degrees, according to a new analysis and ranking by Inside Mortgage Finance.

cchappell@imfpubs.com The Community Home Lenders Association wrote the Federal Housing Finance Agency Thursday morning asking Director Mel Watt to investigate and put an end to mortgage insurers offering better prices to lenders based on their size or volume when it comes to government-sponsored enterprise loans. MI pricing disparities have become more prevalent and the CHLA said it’s caused a growing concern among their members because it puts small lenders and their borrowers at a disadvantage.  As a…

The Trump administration appears set to name an experienced Washington regulator to take over the top post at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the process is fraught with challenges.

By the end of this year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to create a clearinghouse of resources such as translated mortgage documents to help borrowers who have a limited proficiency of English.