Republicans Look to Boost Production of Manufactured Housing May 15, 2025 Brandon Ivey “In many areas of our nation, starter homes simply do not exist at an affordable price,” said Rep. John Rose, R-TN.Read More
Pulte Provides More Details on Fraud Involving GSEs May 15, 2025 Dennis Hollier “I think we’ve referred five or six different people to the DOJ, just in terms of Chinese and North Koreans working in the companies,” Pulte said.Read More
Short Takes: Strong Demand for HELOC Securitization / New Prime Non-Agency MBS / Annaly Increasing Expanded-Credit MBS Issuance May 15, 2025 Brandon Ivey Angel Oak Capital Advisors' first HELOC securitization was six times oversubscribed.Read More
Conventional-Conforming Denial Rate Steady in 2024 May 14, 2025 Brandon Ivey Just under 14% of applications for conventional-conforming mortgages submitted in 2024 were denied.Read More
Treasury Working Toward Reducing Regulations for Banks May 14, 2025 Brandon Ivey The Treasury plans to coordinate de-regulation through the Financial Stability Oversight Council.Read More
Bipartisan Support to Add Contingencies to Flood Assistance May 14, 2025 Emmeline Willey Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, said little has materialized after decades of discussion of disaster mitigation.Read More
Redwood Unit to Issue Securitization With Fix-and-Flip Loans May 14, 2025 Brandon Ivey CoreVest has issued four similar deals, most recently a $300.0 million issuance in November.Read More
Short Takes: Pulte Expects Housing Boom / Gifts for UWM Employees / Applications Steady / Lender Acquires Real Estate Portal May 14, 2025 Brandon Ivey Trump administration policies will lead to a housing boom, according to Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.Read More
Specified Pool Share of GSE MBS Issuance Rises May 13, 2025 John Bancroft Spec pools accounted for more than half of GSE single-family MBS issuance in early 2025.Read More
Better Reduces Losses in First Quarter May 13, 2025 Brandon Ivey The lender funded $868 million of volume in the first quarter, down 7.3% from the previous quarter.Read More