JPM reported mortgage banking income of $1.43 billion in the second quarter, off $103 million from the first quarter and down $495 million compared to 2Q16.
Federal Housing Finance Agency lawsuits over pre-crisis non-agency MBS are winding down with one of the last holdouts, Royal Bank of Scotland, reaching a settlement this week for $5.5 billion. In 2011, the agency filed charges against 18 issuers and underwriters alleging securities law violations and fraud regarding non-agency MBS sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. JP Morgan Chase settled for $4.0 billion, Deutsche Bank for $1.9 billion and Goldman Sachs for $1.2 billion. Most of the cases were settled in 2013 and 2014. The two government-sponsored enterprises purchased...
According to Fairholme’s math, the GSEs earn over $15 billion a year, and taxpayers own 80 percent of the companies (via the senior preferred). Berkowitz values the senior stock at $100 billion…
Some critics say the underserved markets proposals put forth by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac don’t focus enough on increasing loan purchases. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in May issued draft proposals for boosting financing for certain underserved markets under the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s duty-to-serve requirements. The rule focuses on three specific markets: manufactured housing, rural housing and preserving affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. The National Low Income Housing Coalition said...
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