Two industry sources confirmed this week that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will, indeed, begin examining for compliance with the integrated disclosure rule known as TRID this month.
S&P Global Ratings warned on Monday that it could downgrade the issuer credit rating of Walter Investment Management later this year due to ongoing problems at the nonbank.
Lenders reported a moderate net easing of credit standards across all loan types over the past three months, according to Fannie Mae’s second quarter 2016 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey released this week.
Merger-and-acquisition activity in the mortgage sector has been relatively mild so far this year, but suddenly the table has turned with a handful of deals announced over the past two weeks and some lenders publicly stating their intentions as buyers. And one thing seems certain: It appears that all of the acquisitions will be accomplished through “asset” purchases as opposed to the acquisition of stock, be it private shares or otherwise. Guild Mortgage, San Diego, inked…
A key judicial review panel recently said the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s March bid to consolidate all the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholder lawsuits and transfer them to one court was “inappropriate” and rejected the government’s request.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac produced $73.23 billion of single-family mortgage-backed securities in May, a solid 6.3 percent increase from April, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside The GSEs.
Originally scheduled to be implemented the weekend of June 25, Fannie Mae announced on Friday that it is delaying the release of Desktop Underwriter Version 10.0 due to concerns that came up during the testing phase.
Open Mortgage announced they have been approved as a seller with Fannie Mae, joining the likes of So-Fi, another marketplace lender which was approved as a Fannie seller/servicer in May.
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