The Treasury Market Practices Group recently changed its recommended fails-charge trading practice for agency debt securities and U.S. Treasury securities by altering how the minimum threshold in these markets is applied, effective as of next month. “Instead of applying the exemption on a per trade basis, the TMPG recommends aggregation of fails charges between two counterparties for a given calendar month,” the group said in an announcement after its latest meeting. “A claim is made if the aggregate charges for fails with a counterparty for a given calendar month exceed $500.” In other words, the TMPG recommends an exemption for aggregate cumulative fails charges of $500 or less for U.S. Treasury securities fails, agency debt securities fails, and agency MBS ...
Recent rulings in Nevada favor the mortgage industry when it comes to super-liens imposed by homeowners associations on loans in foreclosure. Twenty-two states have super-lien laws that allow HOAs to take priority over first mortgages and foreclose the property to collect up to six months of unpaid fees. In 2014, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that an HOA could extinguish a senior mortgage. But the Ninth Circuit Court recently ruled that an HOA foreclosure sale extinguishing the first deed of trust is unconstitutional. In the case of Bourne Valley Trust v. Wells Fargo Bank, the court ruled that Bourne Valley seeking to purchase the property at an HOA foreclosure sale violated the first-lien holder’s due process rights. Attorneys at Bradley ...
Fannie Mae recently released performance data covering some $70.0 billion of outstanding modified loans as well as $60.0 billion of modified loans that have either re-defaulted or paid down.
On loan applications for 30-year fixed-rate conventional mortgages received in June 2016, the average loan size was $316,000, up from an average of $259,000 in June 2012, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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