Anticipation of a boom in the purchase-mortgage market has prompted some conventional conforming lenders to roll out products with no mortgage insurance, and the response has been overwhelming. The 360 Mortgage Group in Austin, TX, recently launched its exclusively wholesale “NOMI” (no-MI) product and demand has been very strong, executives said. “One week after launch, we have been getting calls from mortgage brokers, correspondents, real estate agents and consumers who are very ...
Over the past five years, lender captives paid $706 million in losses. Most of these captives were domiciled in the U.S. and sponsored by mortgage lenders, receiving $2.92 billion in ceded premiums.
Closing issues are the most significant concern that makes real estate agents reluctant to recommend lenders to buyers, according to a new survey by Campbell Surveys and Inside Mortgage Finance Publications. Real estate agents control or influence 45 percent of homebuyer decisions on lender choice, according to the survey. Insight from real estate agents could be key as the mortgage market shifts from a focus on refinances to an emphasis on purchase mortgages. Real estate agents prefer...
This past fall the Mortgage Bankers Association was pushing for a housing policy coordinator in the White House to ensure that federal regulations complement one another rather than conflict.
Total MBS and ABS issuance rose almost 3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012 to $515.3 billion during the first three months of 2013, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis and ranking.
Freddie Mac has a new head of single-family: David Lowman, an industry veteran who in the past headed mortgage operations at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.
Two-thirds of the nearly 2,000 real estate agents that responded to a Campbell Communications and Inside Mortgage Finance survey want mortgage closings in 30 days or less.
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