Recently, rumors were making the rounds in Washington that Fannie and Freddie might be pondering an increase in their net worth minimums for seller/servicers...
Mortgage lenders delivered a hefty $218.29 billion of single-family mortgages into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities during the second quarter of 2016, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of MBS disclosures made by the two government-sponsored enterprises. That was an increase of $45.32 billion over the first quarter, and 30.2 percent of the gain came from California, where total GSE loan sales jumped ... [Includes two data charts]
Lenders looking to boost refinance production as interest rates decline will be limited by the large number of borrowers who have already taken advantage of low rates in recent years, according to industry analysts. Applications for refis increased by 21.0 percent during the week of June 27, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, as interest rates declined with the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate ...
More rigorous regulatory requirements and the resulting compliance efforts on the part of mortgage lenders might be increasing workloads and biting into profit levels, but they are also producing higher quality loans, which should pay off in lower losses and less litigation, according to one industry economist. “Better technology and standards in the loan application process combined with more time spent underwriting each loan application may be increasing the cost of ...
The mortgage lenders that will thrive in the future will be those that lead the market’s charge toward “frictionless” originations, according to a recent white paper from Oracle Financial Services, a division of the global technology provider. The key for lenders is to re-invent their processes and adopt digital-based customer-centric originations in order to improve efficiency, reduce cost and enhance the borrower experience.“The correlation between process and profitability is ...
Younger loan applicants tend to have worse credit characteristics, but they also have more potential for higher earnings, according to a new analysis by CoreLogic. The firm recently provided details on the characteristics of loan applications by Millennials (born 1981 to 1997), Generation X (1965 to 1980), Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964) and the Silent Generation (1928 and 1945). The data covered loan applications in March, April and May. Generally, the younger applicants ...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac both saw substantial increases in single-family volume during the second quarter, aided in part by nonbank sellers scouring for refinance business. But Fannie enjoyed bigger gains, while Freddie’s share of the two-horse GSE market slipped to 39.5 percent. Freddie’s share has hovered above 40 percent for the past two years, and it was 40.2 percent for the first six months of the year, but the GSE has to prop up its share by charging lower guarantee fees and through other means. In 2016, Freddie has been getting a smaller share of some sellers’ business than it got in the first half of last year. [includes two data charts]
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