Fannie Mae said Tuesday that the GSE expects to remain profitable “for the foreseeable future” after posting fourth quarter 2012 earnings of $7.6 billion and annual net income of $17.2 billion, the best quarterly and yearly showing in the company’s history.
Home loan-related consumer delinquencies, including those having to do with home equity lending, dropped across the board in the fourth quarter, the first time in a year, according to new data released Tuesday by the American Bankers Association.
Twenty state regulators adopted uniform tests for mortgage loan originators on Monday, easing compliance for MLOs doing business in multiple states. State testing has been required since 2009 due to the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act.
The Court of Appeals of Ohio for the Eighth District apparently has put to an end to city government lawsuits forcing banks to pay for the high costs of foreclosures, including city costs to raze or board up abandoned houses and lost taxes due to property devaluation.
The outstanding carrying value advances for the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks increased during 2012 as the demand for advances showed signs of regional stabilization and certain FHLBank members increased their use of advances, according to the recent annual report by the FHLBank Office of Finance.
The three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit overturned a lower court’s ruling from last summer which determined the FHFA was not acting as conservator but as regulator when the agency halted GSE involvement with PACE programs.
A House Democrat proposes a bill to lower the cap on the Mortgage Interest Deduction. Meanwhile, could Sen. Sherrod Brown succeed Tim Johnson as Senate Banking Committee Chair?
Sellers of 'flow' and 'bulk' mortgage servicing rights are seeing a noticeable increase in prices for their MSRs as buyers chase both quality and bargains.
Roughly 270 depositories reported some mortgage buyback activity for 2012 but overall repurchases fell to a four-year low. Is the worst of the problem now over?
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