The consensus is that FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson wants to cut LLPAs, but if she does, how do the government-sponsored enterprises pay for it?
The regulator of the GSEs said it met most of its goals and subgoals for the past year. And once again, FHFA announced plans to significantly grow its staff.
Fannie Mae knows that the loans in its green programs aren’t necessarily super-green, but officials at the GSEs say incremental improvement in existing buildings is a major goal.
Ginnie Mae permits the use of eSignatures and remote online notarization for loan-modification agreements on paper mortgages. The agency received a thumbs-up from Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization.
Ocwen, which had plans to ramp up its clean-up calls of non-agency MBS, put the activity on hold following a pricing issue with Deutsche Bank, a trustee for the MBS.
S&P recently downgraded its view of home prices at the national level to overvalued from undervalued. How rating services view home prices plays a role in credit enhancement levels for non-agency MBS.
What’s with the amended repo transactions at Rocket and other companies? It could be a case of yearend housekeeping but originations and securitizations are expected to decline next year. Right?
Bridge Investment Group, a major player in the multifamily sector, said the proposed changes to the enterprise regulatory capital framework could actually increase the capital requirements for the GSEs.
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