FHFA IG Notes Lack of Transparency in CSP Costs December 28, 2016 Carisa Chappell Instead, the FHFA only disclosed specific CSP cost data once – in a September 2015 status report…Read More
DB and Credit Suisse Settle Legacy MBS Cases with DOJ; Barclays Faces New Lawsuit December 27, 2016 Brandon Ivey Subprime MBS cases continue to haunt Wall Street…Read More
Cowen: Trump Will Have Trouble Replacing Cordray as Head of the CFPB December 27, 2016 If Trump wants to get rid of Cordray, he will have to fire him “for cause,” says Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg. Read More
Share of Loans that Close on Time Increasing December 27, 2016 Brandon Ivey Other loan types also generally showed improved closing times.Read More
Treasury Department Officials: Obama Supports ‘Explicit’ Guaranty on a ‘Defined Class’ of MBS December 27, 2016 Paul Muolo and Carisa Chappell Some GSE observers believe an “implicit” guaranty is the same thing as an “explicit” one…Read More
Short Takes: Gone for Now: Really Low Rates and No Points / Tracking the Yield on the 10-Year / Why Home Price Gains May Taper Off / Nonbanks Get FHFA’s Approval December 27, 2016 Paul Muolo and Carisa Chappell “Home prices cannot rise faster than incomes and inflation indefinitely.” – David Blitzer, managing director of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones.Read More
Is it the End of an Era for GSE Loan Buybacks? December 27, 2016 John Bancroft Excluding legacy-related buybacks, total GSE seller repurchases would have been down 9.9 percent…Read More
PHH Says Panel Got it Right, No Need to Rehear 'En Banc' in Controversial CFPB Case December 22, 2016 Thomas Ressler The U.S. Solicitor General is also expected to submit a filing to the court...Read More
Short Takes: Another Nonprime Lender Gets Rated / MorVest Wraps Up GSE MSR Auction / PennyMac’s Financing Deal / A Bright Idea and Others / BB&T Names New Prez / A Short Publishing Break for IMFnews December 22, 2016 Paul Muolo Another non-agency lender has received a rating from Fitch: Angel Oak Home Loans... Read More
Broker Market Share of Jumbo Production Slips in 3Q16 December 22, 2016 Brandon Ivey The retail channel accounted for 91.7 percent of Wells Fargo’s jumbo production during the first nine months of 2016…Read More