Increased screening during underwriting helped mortgage fraud risk decline 3.1% compared to last year, according to CoreLogic.

Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have eased the rules that limit the use of rental income to qualify for a mortgage.

Market dynamics tied to the pandemic cut nonperforming loan sales at the GSEs by more than 66%. Fannie Mae accounted for almost all of the sales.

Fannie’s decision to lower the downpayment requirement for loans on two- to four-unit multifamily properties should boost investment in this key source of affordable housing.

A new Fannie loan product offers lower pricing and more flexibility to conventional multifamily borrowers who voluntarily set aside units as workforce housing.

A new white paper released by the FHLBank San Francisco outlines the causes and possible solutions to the racial gap in homeownership. The bank’s CEO Bazemore identifies the highlights of the report.

The enterprise has churned out a cash tender offer, a CAS REMIC and an NPL sale in the space of about a week.

The online application, DPA One, allows lenders to find and match up to 400 downpayment assistance programs with borrowers who need help with closing costs.

Loan buyback demands don’t seem to be an issue in the world of non-QM lending, at least not yet. But that could change, especially for low-capital originators who get swamped by aggregator demands, even on performing mortgages.

In a case that could have far-reaching effects on MBS investors, a New York judge ordered a servicer to recalculate clean-up call termination prices to include deferred payments.