It doesn’t look likely that the Federal Housing Finance Agency is going to take up a call by community mortgage lenders to look into allegedly unfair volume discounts made by private mortgage insurers to large mortgage lenders.

The FHFA said reviews have helped align GSE prepayment speeds in the past few years while helping to make sure MBS investors’ interest are considered in the equation.

Mike Crapo, R-ID, chairman of the committee, said housing finance reform is one of his top priorities.

Most of the decline in FHA business was in purchase-mortgage lending while VA business took a hit due to reductions in the Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan program.

Thanks to rising interest rates, refinance volume for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was down in the first quarter.

Flagstar Bank is set to issue a non-agency mortgage-backed security stocked solely with investment-property mortgages eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises. The issuance is a first in the post-crisis era and it suggests that Flagstar expects better execution in the non-agency market than from delivering the loans to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Flagstar Mortgage Trust 2018-3INV will be a $329.1 million issuance, according to presale reports published ...

By the end of this year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to create a clearinghouse of resources such as translated mortgage documents to help borrowers who have a limited proficiency of English.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said as the U.S. considers reforming the housing-finance system it should take a look at what can be learned from other countries, in particular, Denmark.

By the end of this year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to create a clearinghouse of resources such as translated mortgage documents to help borrowers who have a limited proficiency of English.

The higher delinquency rates on FHA/VA loans are likely tied to hurricanes that struck select markets last fall.