Short Takes: Sales of New Homes Increase in April / Prices for New Homes Rise / Monthly Decline in FHFA Home Price Index / Rocket’s Redfin Acquisition on Track May 27, 2025 Brandon Ivey Sales of new single-family homes increased by 10.9% on a monthly basis in April.Read More
Originations of Purchase Mortgages Tick Up in First Quarter May 23, 2025 Brandon Ivey Originations of purchase mortgages increased by 2.7% on an annual basis in the first quarter of 2025.Read More
Rocket Upsizes Securitization of Closed-End Second Liens May 23, 2025 Brandon Ivey Upsizing typically indicates exceptionally strong demand for a securitization.Read More
Gormley Touts Ongoing Demand for Ginnie MBS May 23, 2025 Emmeline Willey "Individual investor appetites wax and wane over time," but Ginnie isn't seeing a mass pullback in demand, according to Joseph Gormley, executive vice president at the agency.Read More
Higher-Priced Lending Increases Somewhat in 2024 May 23, 2025 Brandon Ivey Higher-priced mortgages accounted for 2.4% of total originations tracked in HMDA in 2024.Read More
Short Takes: Waiting for Details on GSE Reform / Interest Rate Outlook / Delinquencies Stable, Foreclosures Rise / Sales of Existing Homes Slow May 23, 2025 Brandon Ivey "It's difficult for the market to know what to do with this news," said Michael Bright, CEO of the Structured Finance Association.Read More
Trump Considering Ending GSE Conservatorship May 22, 2025 Dennis Hollier Trump noted that Fannie and Freddie are “doing very well and throwing off a lot of CASH.”Read More
Correspondent Sales of Jumbo Mortgages Surge in 2024 May 22, 2025 Brandon Ivey Correspondent sales of non-agency jumbo mortgages increased by 62.3% on an annual basis in 2024.Read More
House Committee Approves QM Relief for Smaller Banks May 22, 2025 Brandon Ivey The bill would increase the qualified mortgage exemption to apply to banks with up to $50.0 billion in assets.Read More
Acra Looking for New CEO Amid Sale to BlackRock May 22, 2025 Paul Muolo Keith Lind was a managing director at HPS prior to joining Acra and he recently returned to HPS in a senior leadership role.Read More