Dealing with the risks in Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s portfolio is more complicated than simply reducing the footprint of the government-sponsored enterprises, FHFA Director Mark Calabria told IM&A.
FHFA Director Mark Calabria this week ended a pilot program that allowed the GSEs to extend lines of credit to nonbanks pledging servicing rights as collateral.
Eli Global, the owner of three active mortgage lenders, has a new name — Global Growth — and a new chairman — George Vandeman. Meanwhile, founder Greg Lindberg remains the sole owner of Eli.
The CFPB received numerous comments on its plan to adjust standards for qualified mortgages. However, industry stakeholders are divided on what steps the bureau should take.
Growth in subservicing contracts slowed a bit in the second quarter as con-tinued low interest rates took their toll. It’s anticipated that once rates in-crease, more vendors could disappear through M&A.
As most observers expected, the Treasury reform plan leaves most of the important details for Congress or the Federal Housing Finance Agency to figure out.
Recently released data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act included 28 new fields, such as business-purpose lending, interest-only features and credit score models.
The department has proposed implementing a “homebuyer sustainability scorecard” to measure the performance of loans to low- and moderate-income homebuyers and first-time homebuyers.
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