Legislative sources say the partial government shutdown did not significantly impede the Senate Banking Committee’s work toward finding a solution to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
A total of $33.16 billion of commercial MBS – including agency MBS backed by multifamily mortgages – were issued during the third quarter of 2013, a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis reveals.
Roughly 4,100 people have registered to attend the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association, which launches Sunday night in Power City USA.
Speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington Thursday afternoon, FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco gave no hint how much of a reduction might be in store. He also took no questions from the audience.
A mortgage lender’s strategic decision to originate only qualified mortgages, in and of itself, will not heighten its fair lending risk, according to joint interagency guidance issued earlier this week. The agencies said they have received numerous inquiries from lenders about whether they would be liable under the disparate-impact doctrine of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act if they originate only QMs as defined under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability-to-repay rule. Based on their view that the requirements of the ATR rule and ECOA are...
Real estate agents are frustrated with lenders missing closing deadlines and providing unreliable pre-approvals for homebuyers, according to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey. The survey of about 2,000 real estate agents completed in early October found that some lenders routinely extend their deadlines due to loan processing issues, causing problems for homebuyers. “Some lenders move...
As directed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this year established a three-year sunset period for most reps and warrants on loans with perfect payment histories.
A senior executive at Residential Finance Corp. confirmed that the company’s chief financial officer Nick Hahn left the lender/servicer last month, but has since been replaced.
California was the biggest source of private MI loans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but the state doesn’t dominate the GSE insured market the way it does in other measures.
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