Mortgage-delinquency rates continued to improve as 2013 came to a close, ending the year at the lowest level in over five years. The overall delinquency rate was 7.73 percent as of the end of December, according to the Inside Mortgage Finance Large Servicer Delinquency Index, the lowest reading since the third quarter of 2008, when it was 7.42 percent and rocketing higher....
For Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issued in January 2013, the average reported credit score was 701 and the average DTI ratio was 38.0. By December, the average FHA credit score was down to 680, while the average DTI ratio was up to 40.3.
Of course, Ocwen is hardly alone when it comes to having a large overseas mortgage workforce. Wells Fargo and Nationstar, we’re told, also have decent sized back office operations in India…
In the fourth quarter of 2013, Redwood issued one jumbo MBS totaling $325 million and completed whole loan sales of $648 million. Officials at the real estate investment trust said Redwood plans to issue a jumbo MBS in March or April.
Then again, acquirers also may find that companies that need to sell might have a hard time admitting as much. “I’m seeing a ton of interest on the buy-side these days,” said Larry Charbonneau, a principal in Charbonneau & Associates.
The Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act, sponsored by House Financial Services Committee member Rep. Sean Duffy, R-WI, would, among other things, replace the single CFPB director with a five-member commission appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
Overall, the group reported a 5.8 percent increase in total mortgage banking income – which for some firms includes activity not captured in either production or servicing – during the fourth quarter.
Among those buying into MI stocks is Paulson & Co., the legendary hedge fund that made $15 billion by shorting publicly traded subprime firms via the ABX Index in the run-up to the housing bust.
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