Originations of nonconforming mortgages will likely be constrained by the weight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as Congress takes three years or longer to enact reform legislation that will likely be implemented over a long-term transition plan, according to industry experts. The baby steps that have been taken this year – a GOP reform bill approved by the House Financial Services Committee and a bipartisan approach in the Senate – provide some momentum for resolving the five-year conservatorship of the two ...
Federal regulators issued guidance last week stating that they don’t anticipate elevated fair lender risk for lenders that choose to offer only mortgages deemed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be qualified mortgages. The guidance was prompted by concerns from lenders that would rather not originate non-QMs. “The agencies recognize that some creditors might be inclined to originate all or predominantly qualified mortgages, particularly when the ability to repay rule ... [Includes two briefs]
FHA jumbo loan originations continued their quarterly fluctuations as production in the second quarter of 2013 slipped after a good run in the previous quarter, according to Inside FHA Lending’s analysis of FHA data. Volume fell 1.5 percent from the first quarter, during which the FHA posted $5.36 billion in jumbo mortgage originations. The first quarter number broke a declining production trend that began in the second quarter of last year when FHA reported $6.27 billion in jumbo lending. FHA lenders produced a total of $10.8 billion in new jumbo loans in the first half of 2013, down 2.7 percent from ... [2 charts]
During a Q&A session at the convention, MBS co-inventor Lew Ranieri said there is no “viable” alternative to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, noting that if the two disappear banks will not rush to put 30-year fixed rate loans on their books.
Moody’s believes the servicers’ transitions into mortgage originations was positive, but raised concerns about declining refinance opportunities, competition with banks and the potential for nonprime originations.
According to a copy of an early prospectus provided to IMF, lenders originating loans for the security include Nationstar Mortgage, Stearns Lending, Freedom Mortgage, Fifth Third Mortgage, Real Estate Mortgage Network and RMR Financial.
Citadel, which raised $200 million earlier in the year, has funded $18 million so far this year, but 40 percent of that has come in October. Eventually, it hopes to securitize its production.
CFPB chief Richard Cordray believes "the QM space has been drawn quite broadly" and estimates that more than 95 percent of the loans made in the current market will be deemed qualified mortgages.
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