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California Lenders, Realtors Seek FHA Loan Limit Recalculation

February 3, 2014
George Brooks
An industry source said lenders in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario housing market are gearing up to petition HUD to recalculate the FHA loan limits in those areas.
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GSE Shareholder Ralph Nader to Hold DC Roundtable Seeking Investor ‘Respect’

February 3, 2014
Charles Wisniowski
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has spent years demanding satisfaction for GSE shareholders from the Obama administration, regulators and members of Congress.
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Jumbo MBS Drought Ends with New Credit Suisse Deal

February 3, 2014
Brandon Ivey
New Penn Financial accounted for almost 81 percent of mortgages included in the jumbo deal. In the past, the lender’s originations have been securitized by the affiliated Shellpoint Partners.
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The Issue That Refuses to Die at FHFA: Servicing Compensation

February 3, 2014
Paul Muolo
Industry advisors briefed on the servicing project noted that changing the minimum 25 basis point servicing fee has some firms on edge.
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Short Takes: New Penn Offers FHA FICOs at 580 / Freedom Goes After PHH’s Business? / Judicial States Have Slower RE Recovery / MountainView in Market with New MSR Deal / RESPA Abuses for $400, Alex

February 3, 2014
Paul Muolo
It's nice to know that some lenders are willing to take on risk. Check out the new FHA/VA product from New Penn Financial: a 560 FICO minimum.
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Investors See Strong Opportunities in Products Other Than Residential MBS; Solar Anyone?

January 31, 2014
Brandon Ivey
“It’s a utility bill refi,” said Kristian Hanelt, a senior vice president of renewable capital markets at Clean Power Finance, which provides financial services to the solar industry.
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Government Gets More Aggressive in Using FIRREA To Prosecute MBS Fraud

January 31, 2014
George Brooks
Only a handful of FIRREA cases were filed in the first 20 years after enactment of the statute. In the last two years, however, the government has aggressively used FIRREA to target financial institutions for activities related to the origination, rating, securitization and servicing of residential mortgages.
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Investors See Strong Opportunities in Products Other Than Residential MBS; Solar ABS Shows Potential

January 31, 2014
A number of structured-finance products outside of new non-agency MBS rebounded from the financial crisis, offering stronger returns than new non-agency MBS, and often with less risk. Among the myriad of products investors at the ABS Vegas conference last week said they prefer to new non-agency MBS were collateralized-debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities, collateralized-loan obligations, commercial MBS, rail car ABS and container ABS. “There’s...
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Do the ‘Hustle’: DOJ Almost Triples Penalty for BofA in GSE/CFC Case

January 31, 2014
Charles Wisniowski
DOJ’s initial penalty calculation was based on the gross loss to Fannie and Freddie from the default of the loans, but now the government says the court should use gross gain, instead of net gain to set the maximum allowable penalty.
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The Future of Mortgage Banking: Are We Moving to an Originate-to-Hold Model?

January 31, 2014
Thomas Ressler
Will more commercial banks hold 30-year fixed loans in portfolio? Wells Fargo and JPM are doing it, but what if rates spike unexpectedly?
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