The Federal Housing Finance Agency said it lacks sufficient data to create statistical models to “reflect economic conditions for 2021” because of the market disruption caused by the coronavirus.

At a congressional hearing, Democrats on a House subcommittee detailed instances where mortgage servicers provided initial relief for only 90 days compared to a 180-day mandate under the CARES Act.

The analytics vendor declined to open its books to two major investors, who in late June made an unsolicited $7 billion takeover bid for the company.

After sharply rising to 7.8% in May, the national delinquency rate declined in June to 7.6%.

The action doesn’t come as a total surprise. Industry attorneys said the CFPB, even under a business-friendly GOP, has been itching to do so for several years.

Canadian mortgages are remarkably short — just one to four years. The monthly payments, though, are comparable to American mortgages because the loans are still amortized over 25 to 30 years.

Even as many parts of the country see a surge in coronavirus infections, activity in the purchase-mortgage market continues unabated.

When it comes to origination gains, Wells Fargo and JPM took a backseat to some of their commercial banking brethren in 2Q20.

Quicken’s recent IPO news has sparked chatter that other top-ranked nonbanks might go public as well. But often, that’s easier said than done.

Non-agency mortgages aren’t covered under the CARES Act, leaving servicers of such loans to rely on a combination of standards set by the GSEs and individual MBS contracts.