Mike Fratantoni, chief economist at the MBA, predicts that with the rollout of vaccines for the coronavirus, the leisure and hospitality business will recover, resulting in forbearance and delinquencies curing.
With Wells Fargo being less aggressive these days, mortgage competitors feel emboldened to make offers to its best and brightest. A temporary situation?
HUD issued a final rule on the much-debated disparate-impact theory in September. A month later, a federal court ordered a preliminary injunction blocking its implementation.
Its gain-on-sale margin came in at 305 basis points in 4Q20 compared to 110 bps in the year ago period. The nonbank also vowed to return “excess cash” to shareholders when possible, a reference to dividend payments.