Industry watchers said implementing changes to the qualified-mortgage rule could be one of the biggest sticking points.

On the rural housing front, Freddie expects to increase its SFI purchase target from 3,600 to 3,900 loans in 2020 to as much as 4,800 units this year...

Late last week, Black Knight released its measurement: 2.83 million mortgages in COVID-related relief for the seven-day period ending Dec. 29. The FHA/VA (GNMA) reading increased by 11,000 units.

One twist: As part of the proposed transaction, Blackstone will take a stake in the Chicago-based GR. However, no specifics were provided.

The $108 million Series B capital raise follows a $20 million investment Insight had made earlier.

The nonbank lender/servicer filed its initial IPO documents in early October and was reportedly set to price the offering later that month.

In general, most of the delinquent loan buying has been done by the megabanks and top-ranked direct-FHA funders like Quicken Loans and PennyMac...

During the COVID crisis, many states have temporarily allowed licensed MLOs to work from their (unlicensed) homes, rather than branches...

Officials at Acra suggest it's largely business as usual for Citadel, beyond the name change.

Genworth said the mortgage insurer is “designed to meet its near-term liabilities of approximately $1.0 billion of debt due in 2021. An IPO of U.S. MI will be subject to market conditions as well as the satisfaction of various conditions and approvals.”