Banks and other lenders typically hire third-party collectors to recoup debt or sell the accounts to debt buyers. There are approximately 9,330 debt collectors/buyers in the U.S., said the bureau.
“The proposal we are considering would remove one potential obstacle IDIs [independent depository institutions] face in providing mortgage credit to homeowners,” said FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams.
The biggest chunk of the insured market was loans with private MI coverage: $78.32 billion in the second quarter, a 49.3% increase from the previous period. That broadened the private MI footprint to 42.0% of the insured agency market, up from its relatively low 41.7% share in the first quarter.
The results suggest that once combined, the resulting institution – dubbed Truist Bank – will be a formidable competitor, close to cracking the top ten.
Florida, Texas, Virginia and Georgia were all relatively MI-rich, with insured loans accounting for more than 60.0% of total agency business in those states.
Mike Fontaine, CFO of Plaza Home Mortgage, said servicers can recognize significant benefits from advance financing. “When you have a Ginnie portfolio, servicing advances can be a rather large cash drain,” he said. “If you have the ability to finance that piece of it, it will provide more liquidity.”
In a new opinion piece, former Freddie CEO Don Layton argues against having multiple MBS guarantors, a position he’s taken in the past. Layton, who now bides his time at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, argues the barriers to entering the secondary guarantee business are high, “possibly even insurmountable.”
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