Participants in Ginnie Mae’s single-family mortgage-backed securities program may expect new policy changes, including servicer and credit ratings for the largest issuers, clarification of “appropriate sources of liquidity” and other financial requirements. The changes come as issuer liquidity continues to be a primary concern for Ginnie Mae, particularly with nonbanks now the dominant segment in the single-family MBS program. “We’re working on those policies right now,” said Leslie Meaux Pordzik, Ginnie’s acting senior vice president, Office of Issuer and Portfolio Management, at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual convention in Washington, DC, this week. Nonbanks account for nearly two-thirds of Ginnie MBS issuance and approximately 75 percent of FHA and VA lending. Nonbanks serviced a record 61.1 percent of outstanding Ginnie single-family MBS at the end of the ...
The FHFA IG says "a number" of director positions at Fannie and Freddie are set to expire: "Changes in leadership can lead to a lack of attention to internal controls..."
An affiliate of Annaly Capital Management is preparing to issue a $384 million mortgage-backed security stocked with non-qualified mortgages and loans for investment properties…
As part of a multi-year language access plan, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the government-sponsored enterprises this week introduced the first phase of a mortgage translation clearinghouse to better serve Spanish-speaking borrowers.
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