Short Takes: loanDepot Waives Late Fees / Slow, Steady HPA / Profit for Dynex in 4Q / MI Benefits Workgroup January 30, 2024 Brandon Ivey loanDepot won't assess late fees for its servicing customers for January payments until after the end of the month.Read More
Agency MBS Trading Volumes Increase in 2023 January 26, 2024 Paul Muolo Thanks to a steady decline in mortgage rates during the last quarter of 2023, the bond market has been rallying of late, lifting MBS values.Read More
Short Takes: FICO’s Mortgage Revenue Spikes / Bank Exits Retail / New Leader for AIME / Jumbo MBS From Goldman January 26, 2024 Brandon Ivey Mortgage origination revenue at FICO more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared with the fourth quarter of 2022.Read More
CrossCountry Mortgage to Issue MBS Using FICO 10-T January 25, 2024 James Dohnert CrossCountry Mortgage will be the first MBS issuer to exclusively use the new FICO 10-T credit scoring model.Read More
Home Equity Securitization Up Sharply in 2023 January 24, 2024 Brandon Ivey The surge in securitization is driven by nonbanks that have boosted home equity lending as refinance business dried up in 2023.Read More
GSEs Rejigger Sustainable Bond Programs January 24, 2024 Dennis Hollier At the direction of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are reformulating their Social Index to make it more attractive to investors while still protecting the privacy of borrowers.Read More
Chase Stocks Jumbo MBS With its Correspondent Acquisitions January 24, 2024 James Dohnert The securitization is the first issuance of 2024 through the Chase Home Lending Mortgage Trust shelf.Read More
Short Takes: Applications for Purchase Mortgages Increase / Delinquencies Rising / Non-QMs Falter / New Expanded-Credit MBS January 24, 2024 Brandon Ivey Purchase-mortgage applications increased even as interest rates inched up.Read More
Top Lenders Slow Contributions to Expanded-Credit MBS January 23, 2024 James Dohnert Change Lending, Arc Home, Caliber Funding and NewRez had zero expanded-credit loans securitized in the fourth quarter.Read More
AGNC Swings to Profit, Sees Volatility Receding January 23, 2024 Brandon Ivey AGNC Investment generated $412 million in net income in the fourth quarter.Read More