“Not only will FHA continue to go after the big banks, but they’re going after the mid-sized banks as well,” said Andrew Henscel, whose firm defends originators.
The nation’s banks and thrifts used a combined $406.1 billion in advances as of Dec. 31, 2013, up 26.7 percent from the third quarter and a 21.6 percent increase from the same period a year earlier.
“When a servicer recognizes losses on loans previously modified with forbearance, it could significantly impact cash flows across the capital stack,” writes Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
“Watt will want to draw a line of demarcation between him and DeMarco,” said one source. “Going forward, I think we’ll see an emphasis on average credit scores funded and even servicing performance.”
One ad on the radio sounds like The 60 Plus Association is doing the Lord’s work for the pension funds of fire fighters and policemen. After all, public pensions owned GSE stock prior to the crash and lost a bundle.
It’s only a matter of time before the remaining big bank defendants settle lawsuits filed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency over billions in non-agency mortgage-backed securities sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the years leading up to the housing crisis, predicts a legal expert. Last week, Bank of America agreed to a $9.3 billion settlement that covers its own dealings as well as those of Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch, which it acquired in 2008. The agreement covers some $57 billion of MBS issued or underwritten by these firms.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac generated $129.2 billion in single-family mortgage-backed securities during the first three months of 2014, the lowest quarterly volume in 14 years, according to a new Inside The GSEs analysis. That was down 29.1 percent from the already weak production of the fourth quarter and off 63.7 percent from the same period of 2013. GSE production – and mortgage originations – have been tumbling since the beginning of 2013 as the last great refinance wave washed away.
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