The sale is notable not only for its size, but for the fact that MBS and Morvest – partners on this auction – don’t normally sell servicing rights as part of their advisory practices.
The latest tally from Inside The GSEs has Fannie and Freddie repaying all of their borrowings from the U.S. Treasury plus an additional $50.6 billion – money that has gone directly into the government’s coffers.
In a recent letter to HUD Secretary Julian Castro, 69 House members called for policy changes that would relax FHA restrictions to facilitate the purchase and sale of condominiums.
There has long been a concern in the market that if either GSE has a negative net worth, that investors will stop buying their MBS, which would cause the home buying process in America to crumble.
Five months after Corinthian Colleges went belly up, the CFPB succeeded in convincing a federal court to enter a final default judgement against the company, bringing to an end the litigation the bureau filed back in September 2014. The bureau accused Corinthian of luring tens of thousands of students into taking out private loans to cover expensive tuition costs by advertising bogus job prospects and career services. “Corinthian then used illegal debt collection tactics to strong-arm students into paying back those loans while still in school,” the CFPB stated. In its final judgment, the court ordered that Corinthian was liable for more than $530 million and prohibited the company from engaging in future misconduct. However, since the company’s assets are ...