Republican Sen. Toomey said Democrats’ over-aggressive fiscal policies and the Fed’s downward pressure on interest rates threaten to trigger asset bubbles.
The amended preferred stock purchase agreement between the FHFA and Treasury includes limitations on acquisitions of mortgages for investment properties, second homes and products with “high risk” characteristics...
Never in the annals of mortgage banking has one nonbank ever put together a half-year where net profits landed north of $5.25 billion. Note: Quicken’s gain-on-sale margin for 4Q20 was calculated at 441 basis points compared to 578 bps in 3Q20.
“The number of primary delinquent loans was 55,537 as of December 31, 2020, compared to 62,737 as of September 30, 2020 and 21,266 as of December 31, 2019,” Radian noted in its earnings report.
Several trade groups are urging the FHA to adopt identical compliance aid language used in other federal agency regulations when allowing private flood coverage as an option for single-family insured loans.