Scott Turner’s nomination hearing scheduled for next week; FHA updates draft mortgagee letter on partial claim document recording and payoff statements; Fannie Mae updates Desktop Underwriter in support of FHA and VA loan limit changes; FHA adopts Uniform Residential Loan Application for Title I loan programs; the Mortgage Bankers Association provides feedback on proposed updates to Title I manufactured housing program; FHA outlines changes on multifamily loan underwriting thresholds.

The transaction, which will allow the real estate investment trust to leverage its ownership of Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights, appears to be one of the largest deals of its type.

Analysts say many of the economic forces that have acted as headwinds for the agency MBS market since 2022 are now poised to become tailwinds.

The new model used for rating securitizations of closed-end second liens will be more lenient than the previous model, thanks to improvements to underwriting standards following the financial crisis.

Rick Jones, a longtime industry lawyer, wants commercial MBS participants to strike a grand bargain, including changes to servicing practices and moves to increase demand from investors.

Interest rate cuts by the Fed prior to the 2023 banking crisis resulted in more than $2 trillion in mark-to-market losses on banks' Treasury and MBS holdings.

The company allegedly failed to fully cooperate with state regulators following a data breach.

The manufactured home builder allegedly made loans for borrowers while knowing they could not afford to pay back the loan.

Lenders doubt the changes agreed to by FHFA and Treasury will hasten the end of the conservatorships; they may even delay it.

Lenders are concerned that the incoming Trump administration might reinstate limits on GSE acquisitions, repeating an action from the first Trump administration.