Nonbank mortgage lenders accounted for a hefty 43.2 percent of single-family mortgages securitized by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the first quarter of 2014, according to a new analysis of loan-level data by Inside Mortgage Finance. Nonbanks delivered $55.8 billion of home loans to the government-sponsored enterprises during the first three months of 2014. That was down 17.7 percent from the previous quarter, but overall GSE business was down even more, by 29.1 percent. Both subsets of the nonbank segment – larger companies that ranked among the top 25 lenders overall and smaller mortgage companies – claimed...[Includes one data chart]
The bureau is expected to announce a pilot project to improve the mortgage closing process from A to Z for all stakeholders – not just consumers – an initiative likely to rely heavily on the industry’s technological capabilities.
In January, newly sworn-in FHFA Director Mel Watt officially delayed a GSE guaranty fee increase that had been scheduled by his predecessor Edward DeMarco.
As for details, a spokesman for the company said Ellie isn’t talking about the topic at this time. In an email exchange with IMFnews, mortgage technology consultant Tony Garritano of Progress in Lending called the whole episode “very bizarre”…
Some stakeholders said they called the firm’s investor relations department about the latest probe and were told the firm would be saying more about the matter when it reports first quarter earnings.
The FHFA shortly will begin to collect additional, more specific and personal information on borrowers and loans as part of the National Mortgage Database project the agency launched with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Mortgage-banking income at nine major banks declined by 27.7 percent in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter, according to an analysis by Inside Mortgage Trends.
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