Commercial banks and savings institutions reported another decline in the volume of home mortgages they repurchased from investors during the third quarter, according to an Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call-report data. The banking industry repurchased or made indemnification for $698.3 million of single-family loans during the third quarter, down 2.0 percent from the previous period. That was the lowest quarterly repurchase figure since ... [Includes one data chart]
The volume of single-family home loans flowing into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities rose unexpectedly in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.
And now for the bad news: The lower corporate tax rate will force Fannie and Freddie to write down the value of their deferred tax assets by $15.3 billion…
When Fannie and Freddie request a fresh draw of taxpayer funds from Treasury to deal with their DTA "problem," it will poison the well for conservative Republicans...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will bolster their 2018 earnings by a combined $3 billion thanks to GOP tax reform legislation signed into law by President Trump in late December, according to calcula-tions from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
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