Alston & Bird: “We’ve all learned the hard way…”

Industry consultant Tim Rood said the first rule for GSE reform should be: “Do no harm.”

Redwood Trust is looking to acquire more jumbo mortgages and many of the nonbanks the firm works with could use some financing, making Redwood’s new funding initiative a good match. During the second quarter of 2018, Redwood deployed $40.0 million in customized financing for nonbanks that deliver jumbos to the real estate investment trust. The initiative is part of a diversification effort. Dashiell Robinson, president of Redwood, noted that the REIT isn’t acting as a ...

Former Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Ed DeMarco told us the bill is a good starting point and includes language that both Democrats and Republicans can agree on...

Fitch views prepayments as a positive credit factor…

The nation’s PMIs have made a significant dent in the first-timer market, insuring a greater volume of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie and Freddie…

Peters departed First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. earlier this year...

The weighted-average coupon is 6.50 percent.

Finding a suitable candidate could prove difficult because of a $600,000 salary cap placed on the position by Congress back in 2015.

One housing lobbyist dismissed the bill as misguided, adding: “This is like someone laying on their death bed after drinking and sinning and finally realizing they need to get baptized.”