Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose more risk to the housing finance system today than they did a decade ago, according to some witnesses at a House Financial Services Committee hearing this week.
The Blackstone Group in the past few months has taken a hard look at the operations of Incenter, a portfolio company it controls that has diversified businesses that include loan and MBS trading/investments as well as servicing brokerage, according to market sources familiar with the situation.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders ran into another roadblock late last month when the Eighth Circuit Court ruled that the Treasury’s net worth sweep of profits earned by the government-sponsored enterprises may not be fair, but it’s perfectly legal.
With intense competition for originations of jumbo mortgages, the correspondent channel is experiencing volatility, according to an analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. A survey of major players in the market shows correspondent production of jumbo loans rose sharply from the first to the second quarter, though volumes and market share are down on an annual basis. Among a group of lenders that generated $55.77 billion in jumbo originations in the second quarter ... [Includes one data chart]
The amount of jumbo mortgages being handled by major servicers has largely increased in the past year, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Among a group of 30 servicers, only six posted declines in jumbo servicing volume on an annual basis as of the end of June. Among the top 10 jumbo servicers, only Ocwen Financial had a decline in servicing. The company remains under growth constraints placed by regulators ... [Includes one data chart]
Redwood Trust is looking to acquire more jumbo mortgages and many of the nonbanks the firm works with could use some financing, making Redwood’s new funding initiative a good match. During the second quarter of 2018, Redwood deployed $40.0 million in customized financing for nonbanks that deliver jumbos to the real estate investment trust. The initiative is part of a diversification effort. Dashiell Robinson, president of Redwood, noted that the REIT isn’t acting as a ...
Flagstar Bank looks to have found an agreeable due diligence sampling rate for loans in its prime non-agency mortgage-backed securities. The company is preparing to issue a $476.1 million prime non-agency MBS, according to presale reports published last week. It’s the second issuance in a row from Flagstar where 30.0 percent of the loans were subject to third-party reviews. Only 20.0 percent of the loans in a $704.1 million deal Flagstar issued in April were subject to ...
Former Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Ed DeMarco told us the bill is a good starting point and includes language that both Democrats and Republicans can agree on...
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