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.
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.
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.
Even with the clarification, some suggest VA lenders need more details to understand when they may refinance a loan included in a Ginnie-guaranteed MBS pool.
By raising the income limit for RefiNow and RefiPossible, FHFA has upped the pool of borrowers eligible for a refi by nearly a third. What that does to prepayment speeds depends on the uptake of the programs.
Federally insured depositories often source their CRA loans via nonbanks and an investment banking trading desk. But what if nonbanks must suddenly adhere to CRA standards of their own?
Fannie paused its CRT issuance in 2020 after the FHFA proposed changes to the capital treatment of CRT transactions. Freddie continued to issue deals, but Fannie wasn’t persuaded to return until a proposal by the FHFA in September.
Some of the Trump-era restrictions placed on the GSEs have been put on hold for at least a year. That includes a cap on acquisitions of mortgages for investment properties.
The blueprint would reverse capital requirements set in December, which offered few incentives for the GSEs to complete credit-risk transfer transactions.
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