The metric will assess lender performance based on the lender’s default rate within three credit-score bands and compare it to an FHA target rate, rather than to the lender’s peers.

HUD said it has been “working aggressively” with its web contractor, which it did not identify, to restore the system.

It was the group’s lowest MBS portfolio valuation since the fourth quarter of 2011.

Is the bulk MSR market in the doldrums?

HUD's Neighborhood Watch system is down, but this cabinet level agency has no explanations for the press or public

Some lenders, such as PennyMac, have promoted the no-downpayment feature in their media advertisements.

The private mortgage insurance industry had its best quarter since the housing market crash during the second quarter of 2015, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. Private MIs provided insurance on $60.51 billion of new single-family mortgages during the second quarter, a strong 33.7 percent increase over the first three months of the year. It was the biggest three-month output for the industry since the first quarter of 2008. The sharp increase in purchase-mortgage lending during the second quarter helped float...[Includes three data tables]

The volume of new mortgage originations for condominiums and co-operatives was up nicely at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA during the second quarter, with particular strength among first-time homebuyers and purchase mortgages, a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance has found. The two government-sponsored enterprises securitized $20.69 billion of condo loans during the second quarter, a 27.4 percent increase from the first three months of the year. There was a slightly bigger gain in condo purchase-money loans (up 30.9 percent) than condo refi loans (up 24.1 percent). It was...[Includes one data table]

M&T Bank is attempting to reach a settlement with the Department of Justice to resolve an investigation into the bank’s origination of FHA loans and sales of conventional-conforming mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The bank disclosed the investigation in its quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, noting similar ongoing investigations at other financial institutions. A bank spokesman declined to comment beyond what was disclosed in the SEC filing but noted that the government agencies are conducting one investigation. On the FHA side, DOJ and the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of the Inspector General are investigating...

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