The trade group said allowing companies using AVMs to adopt and maintain their own policies and practices would better recognize differing business models and levels of AVM usage.

Citi’s Sandy Furlow will help Industrial Bank, a minority depository institution, build strong controls for its future growth within the mortgage business.

FHA premium cuts are being closely analyzed by HUD while FHFA and Treasury have had no talks about reforming the GSEs through the PSPAs. MBA also pressed FHFA on LLPA changes for conforming jumbos and mortgages for second homes.

Sale of bulk MSR packages have been white-hot the past 18 months, but a pause could be in the works, some investment bankers suggest. Still, any kind of lull may not last for long.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been authorized to hire an additional 20 full-time employees, most of them attorneys. The move comes as the bureau gears up for more vigorous enforcement activity, especially against repeat offenders.

About half of the FHFA officials who were supposed to review SEC filings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the second quarter of 2021 failed to appropriately certify accuracy.

While some of the White House’s latest measures are funded through previous legislation and codified into law, several actions rely on as-yet-unfunded proposals.

With some mortgage companies trading below their liquidation value, is now the time to stage a takeover? It depends. Meanwhile, former FHFA Director Mark Calabria this week broke his silence on what may lie ahead for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Sharply higher interest rates clobbered origination income in the first quarter of 2022, but there was a silver lining to this dark cloud: higher MSR valuations. (Includes data chart.)

It’s been a difficult couple of years for USAA, losing money and getting sanctioned by regulators. The latest development: The bank is selling the ownership rights to its MSRs.