The federal budget plan released by the Trump administration last week recommended increasing the guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Higher g-fees would help non-agency lenders compete with pricing offered by the government-sponsored enterprises, according to the Trump administration. Currently, a 10 basis point fee is added to the GSEs’ g-fees to help support a 2011 payroll tax cut. The fee is scheduled to expire at the end of 2021 and will ...
The difference in interest rates for non-agency jumbo mortgages compared with conforming mortgages is often reported based on average interest rates. According to an analysis by researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, looking at average rates obscures some major differences in pricing for jumbos and mortgages eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises. The researchers used data from Optimal Blue, a mortgage processor that allows lenders to ...
Retail production shops and mortgage brokers managed to sustain origination volumes fairly well in the fourth quarter of 2017, but correspondent platforms had a tougher time of it, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis.
The first-time homebuyer share of home sales has trended downward in recent years, though not necessarily due to a lack of demand from potential buyers, according to some industry analysts. One of the biggest drags on purchases by first-time homebuyers appears to be a lack of starter homes for sale, according to analysts at Capital Economics.
According to their financial disclosures and company officials, both GSEs saw a sharp decline in the average guarantee fee they charged on new MBS issued during the fourth quarter…
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac observers are scratching their heads about “minimum return on equity” requirements that the Federal Housing Finance Agency has imposed, somewhat mysteriously, on the two government-sponsored enterprises.
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