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Freddie Posts Strong 1Q18 Profit Thanks to G-Fee Income, Gains from Derivatives (and No More DTA Hits)

May 1, 2018
Paul Muolo
Even though the GSE posted a strong profit, it saw MBS issuance fall 37.2 percent in the first quarter...
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Short Takes: Freddie Mac Multifamily Continues to Shine, but… / UWM Rolls Out New Website / Seed Money / Nationstar Looking at a Large MSR Markup? / Mulvaney: I’m Not Running a Yelp / New Hires for Freddie, Angel Oak

May 1, 2018
Paul Muolo and Yemeng Yang
Not too long ago, UWM rolled out a $500,000 grant program designed to allow LOs to start their own loan brokerage firms...
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CMLA Picks Industry Vet Ed Wallace as New Director

April 30, 2018
Paul Muolo
CMLA favors a recapitalization and reform plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, one where they are transformed into “utilities.”
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Redwood Trust to Acquire Minority Stake in Non-Agency Lender 5 Arches

April 30, 2018
Brandon Ivey
“The opportunity for us is clear,” said Christopher Abate, president of Redwood. “Capital needs in this still emergent sector of housing finance continue to rise..."
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Short Takes: HUD Yanks Approvals on 23 Lenders, Most of Them Banks / Goldman Sachs, Warehouse Lender, but… / Rep. Waters None Too Happy with Mulvaney / A Document Dump is Requested / A Promotion at J.G. Wentworth

April 30, 2018
Paul Muolo
Rep. Waters wants CFPB acting director Mulvaney to turn over documents regarding meetings he's had with the industry...
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Freddie Rolls Out New Low-Downpayment Mortgage

April 30, 2018
Carisa Chappell
HomeOne will be available beginning July 29…
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1Q18 Roundup: Megabanks Suffered Mega Declines in Lending

April 30, 2018
Paul Muolo
In an unusual development for a top mortgage lender, BofA announced that it would no longer report any information about its mortgage banking operations.
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New Low-Downpayment Program With No Income Restrictions

April 27, 2018
Freddie Mac introduced a new conventional 3 percent downpayment program that is open to a wider range of borrowers with no income restrictions or limitations as to where the borrower lives. The new mortgage product, HomeOne, was created to allow lenders flexibility when it comes to helping borrowers anywhere in the country become homeowners and overcome the common hurdle of a lack of downpayment resources, said Danny Gardner, Freddie’s senior vice president of single-family affordable lending and access to credit. He said HomeOne is great for potential borrowers looking to...
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Commercial Mortgage Securitization Starts Strong in 2018 – Compared to 1Q17

April 27, 2018
John Bancroft
The agency share of securitized multifamily mortgages has been high since 2008…
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In New Amendment, CFPB Addresses the TRID ‘Black Hole’ Issue

April 27, 2018
Yemeng Yang
In July 2017, the CFPB proposed an amendment to resolve the black hole issue and began taking comments.
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