Warehouse lenders ended the third quarter of 2017 with an estimated $67.0 billion of commit-ments on their books, a 4.7 percent sequential gain and a sign that nonbanks are continuing to search for liquidity – even if they’re not ready to tap it right away.
Service members and veterans who receive unsolicited offers to refinance their VA loans with promises that may sound too good to be true should either ignore the offer or investigate further, ac-cording to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Mortgage lending to first-time homebuyers – and mortgage risk – increased slightly in August despite concerns about housing supply and rising housing prices, according to a new analysis by the American Enterprise Institute.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency wants clarity on what types of communication are ac-ceptable, under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, from mortgage servicers to borrowers impact-ed by natural disasters.
For lenders that produce pools with inexplicably fast prepayment speeds, removal from the program is not out of the question, said Ginnie Mae's Michael Bright...
According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, New Residential ranks fifth among all residential servicers with $343.0 billion of contracts at Sept. 30. New Penn ranks 46th among lenders.
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