While the CFPB might not move forward with rulemaking in the coming months, Director Rohit Chopra is expected to push forward with exams and advisory opinions.

While the Fed hasn’t formally announced any intention to sell its MBS holdings in the short term, many market participants expect it to happen at some point in the future.

The share of mortgages in forbearance increased from 0.34% as of the end of September to 0.47% at the end of October, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

One analytics official said he expects changes to be made to the capital guardrails.

Government mortgage insurance programs captured most of the primary MI gain in the third quarter.

During Trump’s entire first term, Ginnie didn’t have a permanent president.

Prior to the second quarter of 2024, lenders participating in the MBA survey posted losses, on average, for eight consecutive quarters.

The REIT and Cherry Hill Mortgage Management, the external manager owned by Stanley Middleman, disagree about whether CHMI should pay an $18.4 million fee to terminate the external management agreement.

“The economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates,” said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Some $15.44 billion of refis were pooled into Ginnie MBS in October, a 25.7% jump from the previous month.