GSE MBS business hit a post-crisis record in 2012. A new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securitization activity reveals that the two GSEs issued a whopping $1.27 trillion of single-family MBS in 2012.
Bank of America appears to have resolved a longstanding dispute with Fannie Mae over loan repurchases – but will not begin selling more loans to the GSE.
Fannie Mae is working on building an in-house unit to value mortgage servicing rights, according to industry officials who’ve been briefed on the GSE's plans.
Before we get to the main event (the ‘Qualified Mortgage’ rule), it’s time to consider the improving fate of Fannie Mae, which is poised to have a few coming quarters of blow-out earnings – which will go directly into the coffers of the U.S. Treasury Department, much to the delight of the newly nominated secretary Jack Lew.
The Mortgage Bankers Association this week launched a new task force to study the future of the GSEs, naming 17 industry executives from residential finance-related firms both large and small. MBA president David Stevens told Inside Mortgage Finance that his goal to have the working group publish a final working paper on what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by mid-year 2013. “This task force is very inclusive of the industry,” said Stevens.…
Freddie Mac acquired $62.5 billion of mortgages from its seller/servicers in November, its best purchase month since June 2009, according to figures released by the secondary market giant.
The CFPB has responded to a variety of mortgage appraisal issues on two different fronts, publishing a final rule all its own in conjunction with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and participating in an interagency rulemaking in the context of the Truth in Lending Act. On the ECOA front, the bureau issued a final rule that requires mortgage lenders to provide applicants with free copies of all appraisals and other home-value estimates, although a lender generally may still charge the consumer a reasonable fee for the cost of conducting the appraisal or other estimate. In essence, then, a lender can charge...
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