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In the new MBS, 41.9 percent of the mortgages were eligible for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…

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The agency – which still doesn’t have a permanent president – issued $443.2 billion of MBS backed by forward single-family mortgages in 2017, a 10.8 percent decline from the previous year.

Chase continues to grow the volume of residential whole loans kept on its balance sheet: $197.3 billion at yearend compared to $181.2 billion at the end of 2016.

Thanks to the new bill signed by President Trump, Wells enjoyed a $3.35 billion after tax benefit. However, the company also recorded a $3.25 billion pre-tax expense tied to “litigation accruals for a variety of matters, including mortgage-related regulatory investigations..."

The government-sponsored enterprises both ended 2017 with record-setting numbers in the mul-tifamily market. Freddie Mac issued $68.0 billion in multifamily securities last year, up from $51.2 bil-lion the previous year.

Non-agency mortgage-backed securities issuance had its best quarter of 2017 during the final three months of the year.

After rumors late this week surfaced that Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, was walking away from supporting the government-sponsored enterprises’ bill (Corker-Warner) he crafted with Bob Corker, R-TN, a source close to the housing finance reform discussions confirmed that is not the case.

Banks are increasingly worried about staying compliant with all the recent regulations they’re contending with – and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act is at the top of the list.