Originally scheduled to be implemented the weekend of June 25, Fannie Mae announced on Friday that it is delaying the release of Desktop Underwriter Version 10.0 due to concerns that came up during the testing phase.
Open Mortgage announced they have been approved as a seller with Fannie Mae, joining the likes of So-Fi, another marketplace lender which was approved as a Fannie seller/servicer in May.
When it comes to CFPB enforcement, analysts at Compass Point Research & Trading said in a recent client note that they expect little shift from the bureau’s current agenda.
New home-equity originations on home-equity lines of credit and closed-end second mortgages fell by 6.3 percent from the fourth quarter to an estimated $45.0 billion. However, that was up 18.4 percent from the first quarter of last year.
A language preference question would raise several serious compliance and legal concerns that strongly weigh against including it on the Uniform Residential Loan Application, according to industry trade groups.
Fannie noted that lenders aren’t obligated to self-report any matters related to possible TRID non-compliance except in two limited circumstances where a repurchase demand is an authorized remedy.
Borrowers have been protected from pricing swings on the back-end Connecticut Avenue Securities Structured Agency Credit Risk transactions thus far because guarantee fees on the GSEs’ mortgages are set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
The average daily trading volume in agency MBS climbed to $215.9 billion in May, the highest reading of the year, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. But don’t get too excited. May’s activity is still below the two-year high established in January 2015 and nowhere near the peaks established back in 2008 when crumbling financial markets caused investors to go gaga for agency MBS. The relatively low daily trading volumes continue...
The weighted average loan loss severity for U.S. commercial MBS was 49.3 percent for the 139 loans liquidated in the first three months of 2016, versus 58.2 percent for 240 loans liquidated in the last three months of 2015, which was the highest quarterly loss severity since 2010, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new quarterly report. However, “In both quarters, severities topped the weighted average of 42.8 percent for loans liquidated between Jan. 1, 2000, and March 31, 2016,” the ratings service added. The Moody’s report tracks...