The GSEs are preparing big updates to their loan origination tools and one of the most noticeable changes will be Fannie Mae’s use of trended credit data to help more consumers qualify for a mortgage. Fannie will be rolling out Desktop Underwriter 10.0 during the weekend of June 25. Trended credit data relies on expanded information on borrowers’ credit history that shows the balance, minimum payment due and amount that is generally paid to determine if the consumer regularly pays off debt or carries a revolving balance. By using trended credit data in the risk assessment, Fannie said it allows for a more thorough analysis of the borrower’s credit history and is a “powerful predictor” of risk.
While many applaud the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act that passed the House unanimously late last month, one mortgage group says the bill could cause problems for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Currently, homeowners can only get coverage from the National Flood Insurance Program. The bill, H.R. 2901, expands flood insurance options by including private flood insurance, and requires the GSEs to accept any private flood insurance company a borrower chooses, as long as the company is financially sound. It also lifts certain federal restrictions placed on insurance companies and gives states more flexibility to license and regulate private flood insurance. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-FL, who co-sponsored H.R. 2901 with Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-FL, said the...
Although the GSEs are reviewing loans to make sure the new TRID forms are being used, not for technical compliance, Fannie Mae’s survey of lenders on the impact of TRID showed vendor coordination and communication with key players have been the biggest challenges.More than three quarters of the lenders surveyed cited challenges when it comes to managing and coordinating third-party technology vendors and communication with buyers, sellers and loan officers. In addition, smaller lenders said they feel more burdened since the rule took effect in October. Fannie said many small- to-midsized lenders indicated that they don’t have the same resources as larger institutions which can easily invest in upgrading systems and have in-house compliance resources to...
In almost 19 months, the capital cushions at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will fall to zero, which means if either government-sponsored enterprise (or both) suffers a net loss in a quarter, Uncle Sam will need to step in and supply cash to get the afflicted party back to zero. Depending on whom you talk to in the mortgage industry, a capital draw from Treasury could set off irrational behavior on the part of Congress or it’s much ado about nothing. …
Freddie Mac reduced its portfolio to $339.9 billion at the end of the quarter, a 2.0 percent drop. Like Fannie, the biggest decline in percentage terms was in non-agency MBS…
Investor Unite’s Tim Pagliara said that a stay would prejudice him under Virginia law, where the case is to be “expedited” and could be resolved on the merits…
A surge of new refinance business and a seasonal uptick in purchase-mortgage activity helped lift agency issuance of single-family MBS in April, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis and ranking. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae produced $108.95 billion of new single-family MBS last month, the strongest monthly output since September 2015. Gross new issuance was up 9.8 percent from March, but on a year-to-date basis, production was still down 3.9 percent from the volume generated in the first four months of 2015. Ginnie saw...[Includes two data tables]
Banks generally eased their lending standards for most types of residential mortgage loans in the first quarter of 2016, even as consumer demand for such credit increased, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior loan officer opinion survey. During the period ending March 31, a “moderate net fraction” of banks reported having eased standards on mortgages eligible for purchase by the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, while a similar number of institutions indicated they had eased standards on “qualified mortgage” and non-QM jumbo mortgages, as well as on QM non-jumbo, non-GSE-eligible and on non-QM, non-jumbo residential mortgage loans. At the same time, banks left...
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