The fast-growing multifamily loan programs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are garnering a bit of attention these days – but not necessarily for good reasons. The Federal Housing Finance Agency wants the two mortgage giants to take more precautions when selecting and monitoring their multifamily seller/servicers. Also, the FHFA’s Office of Inspector General and the FBI are investigating a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme in the multifamily sector that impacted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MBS. The FHFA recently issued an advisory bulletin detailing its expectations for Fannie and Freddie to institute proper controls and perform monitoring to identify and manage multifamily counterparty risks.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should focus on things like cash flow projections, diversified funding and identifying potentially adverse events to manage their liquidity risk, according to a new advisory bulletin issued late this month by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The regulator said it expects the GSEs to use liquidity metrics that coincide with their funds management strategies and provide a comprehensive view of their liquidity risk to make sure enough funds are available, at reasonable cost, to meet potential demands. “Strong liquidity risk management enables an enterprise to be financially sound to perform its public mission and to limit and control shortfalls in cash,” said the FHFA.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should focus on things like cash flow projections, diversified funding and identifying potentially adverse events to manage their liquidity risk, according to a new advisory bulletin issued late this month by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

All of the loans in the deal were originated by Flagstar...

The CFPB said 26 data points are no longer required for those covered lenders...

At the end of July, mortgage bankers serviced 7.9 million FHA loans. Wells Fargo ranked first with a market share of 19.2 percent.

John Anzalone of Invesco Mortgage: “In particular, there are a few very aggressive large buyers out there that get a lot of attention and have caused quite a bit of spread compression…”

Meanwhile, a dozen or so mortgage, housing and consumer groups are putting the final touches on a new letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin...

Loans originated in the retail channel and delivered into agency mortgage-backed securities continued to show a lower risk profile than mortgages acquired from correspondent originators or funded through mortgage brokers, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of MBS data. The average credit score for retail originations was 727.27 in second-quarter agency MBS, 6.47 points higher than the average for correspondent loans and ... [Includes two data charts]

Privately held mortgage firms looking to raise capital by selling stock to the public face a grim reality these days, but alternatives still exist, namely private placement deals. Case in point is RoundPoint Mortgage, Charlotte, NC, the nation’s 15th largest subservicing vendor. Earlier this week, RoundPoint completed a $94 million capital raise accomplished through the sale of convertible preferred stock. The investor in the private placement was not identified. The company ...