A quick check of rates this morning found that firms such as Sebonic and Aurora Financial were offering 30-year fixed-rate loans at 3.75 percent with no points.
HomeReady will become part of DU later this year and replaces the MyCommunityMortgage product, which in some circles was known as Fannie’s “subprime” option.
Freddie’s multifamily business grew so much that some industry observers worried that the GSE could reach the $30 billion annual multifamily business cap set by the FHFA.
Fannie Mae on Thursday unveiled that Lone Star (LSF9 Mortgage Holdings) was the sole winning bidder on its second sale of non-performing mortgages. The auction was marketed in late July and is expected to settle Sept. 25.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to increase their focus on the multifamily segment, which generated growing income for the two government-sponsored enterprises during the second quarter. Freddie Mac’s comprehensive income for multifamily grew by $102 million to $366 million for the second quarter. The increase was primarily due to higher unrealized gains on available-for-sale-securities. New purchase volume remained...
On Wednesday, Freddie Mac announced that it guaranteed its second multifamily small balance loan securitization. The government-sponsored enterprise expects to guarantee approximately $109 billion in SB Certificates and plans to price them next week.
Despite former Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Ed DeMarco's call for comprehensive reform of the nation's housing finance system and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the analysts at Compass Point Research & Trading remain convinced "that there is neither the legislative capacity nor political will to address housing finance reform in this Congress."