One bit of positive news: the company marked up the asset value of its MSRs by a stunning $1.44 billion to $4.31 billion, a 50.3% sequential improvement.
A diverse group of 21 commercial banks and savings institutions reported $3.75 billion of mortgage-banking income for 1Q21, a 1.7% improvement from the fourth quarter.
Mark Calabria: "Just like other large financial institutions, these plans will provide Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHFA with a roadmap for preserving business continuity should they fail again."
Jeffrey Naimon, a partner at Buckley, warned that CFPB enforcement lawyers are pressing hard on discovery issues — requiring investigational targets to provide more information faster.
Of the total in COVID deferral status at the end of March, 91.56% of loans were current. Another 3.76% were one or two payments past due, and 4.69% were three or four payments late.
While the Treasury and FHFA said the 7% cap was “aligned with the current levels” of acquisitions by the GSEs, some analysts believe the loans have accounted for somewhat more than 7% of purchases by Fannie and Freddie each year since 2013.
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