With refinance business drying up, more lenders and loan aggregators are entering the expanded-credit market, launching non-qualified mortgage programs and other products.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Thursday morning approved the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to become chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization is forming a new group to identify emerging technologies such as blockchain and digital mortgage that could impact the industry.
The residential mortgage market took an unusual turn in the second quarter as retail production gained ground under conditions that generally favor third-party channels...
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Thursday morning approved Kathy Kraninger’s nomination to become the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a party-line 13-12 vote. The Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will have to assign floor time to advance the CFPB nomination...
Freddie Mac Tuesday afternoon announced an approximate $1.45 billion Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction of a pool of seasoned reperforming loans, the largest SLST deal of this year...
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors recently announced that all states and U.S. territories now use a single, common exam to assess mortgage loan originators...
yyang@imfpubs.com Mortgage Bankers Association is concerned that many lenders won’t be eligible for a new 20 percent tax deduction for pass-through entities. Lenders that retain their production in portfolio look to be eligible for the deduction, but there is uncertainty around businesses that originate and sell loans. In a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, the MBA argued companies that finance real estate loans should be able to claim the deduction. See this Friday’s edition of…
Fannie Mae came under heavy criticism from certain elected officials and affordable housing advocates for extending $1 billion in financing to Invitation Home Loans, an SFR operator that’s publicly traded.
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