In an effort to more closely align its businesses, Quicken Loans is rebranding its wholesale division as Rocket Pro TPO. The announcement came less than 24 hours before rival United Wholesale unveiled plans to go public.
If the Financial Stability Oversight Council gets its way, GSE capital standards will be tighter than what many in the industry want. Is that a problem? Opinions vary.
Eric Kaplan of the Milken Institute said the best possible explanation for the FHFA director’s remark is he thinks the GSEs may still have some of that profit-at-any-cost mentality that got them into trouble a decade ago.
The volume of eMortgages purchased by Fannie and Freddie has grown more than fourfold since 2018, but it’s still a tiny fraction of their single-family business.
Under the Fed’s framework, which in many ways differs from the OCC’s final rule, a bank’s mortgage lending performance will be evaluated in two ways: a retail test and community development measurement.
Wells Fargo, which exited the correspondent channel for jumbo mortgages in April, is still not sure if or when it will resume originating the product through the platform.