The Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced stronger protections for homeowners and more favorable pricing for nonprofit participants in its Distressed Asset Stabilization Program but reactions from community and advocacy groups have been mixed. The program has been under fire because the bulk auctions of nonperforming mortgages have primarily benefited private equity firms and hedge funds, which bought the loans at a steep discount but did little to save homeowners from foreclosure or revitalize the communities where the properties backing the loans are located. HUD converted...
This attendee said one primary concern was whether nonbank Ginnie issuers would have the financial wherewithal to make advances to MBS investors in the event of another financial crisis.
At the recent invitation-only Ginnie Mae “liquidity summit” in Washington, DC, some of the nation’s top regulators – including one from the Federal Reserve – expressed their concerns about the growing market share of nonbank issuers and servicers. The focus, as might be expected, centered on the capital position of nonbanks, which pales in comparison to depositories. As one attendee told Inside MBS & ABS: “It was all about bashing the nonbanks.” This attendee, who spoke under the condition his name not be used, said...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent $12.7 million settlement with First Mortgage Corp. and several of its top executives over an allegedly fraudulent sale of toxic MBS to investors reveals the agency’s hidden role as a regulator of Ginnie Mae issuers, attorneys at Mayer Brown warned. Though seldom in the news, the SEC continues to bring enforcement actions against public companies that commit fraud involving Ginnie MBS, as seen in the FMC case, and previous enforcement actions against Taylor Bean & Whitaker and Radius Capital, the attorneys noted in a recent analysis. When bringing these cases, the SEC seeks...
As Tim Rood of The Collingwood Group noted: An investor can buy a mortgage at 65 cents on the dollar, “notify the borrower they are eligible for a note mod down to 80 cents on the dollar and voila!”
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