For years, values on Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights have lagged behind the prices paid for Fannie Mae and Freddie product, but finally it appears the government market is catching up.
Most of the mortgage provisions in the recently enacted Dodd-Frank reform act will not take effect immediately and will require action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Attorneys at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week formally threw in the towel on the agency’s controversial interpretation of anti-kickback provisions in the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.
Brian Montgomery this week was sworn in as FHA commissioner, ready to tackle a number of priorities he promised Congress he would undertake once in office.
The trade group argues that if lenders organized as pass-through entities do not receive the new deduction, they will be at a competitive disadvantage...
Ditech CEO Tom Marano: “I am pleased with the improving performance of our servicing business; however, I am disappointed with the performance of the origination business...”
Interim CFPB chief Mick Mulvaney: “We are still closely associated with Sen. Elizabeth Warren. We are her baby. That’s not where a gold-standard regulator should be.”
Over the years it seems as though commercial banks have basically ceded the multifamily market to nonbanks that use the GSEs as their secondary market takeout…