FHFA Withdraws 3 Biden-Era Proposed Rules October 3, 2025 Brandon Ivey One proposal targeted liquidity requirements for the GSEs and the other two proposals involved the Federal Home Loan Banks.Read More
Short Takes: Pulte’s Role in FICO’s Shift / New RTL Securitization Issuer / UWM Paying Close to $115 Million for Arena Naming Rights October 3, 2025 Brandon Ivey FHFA Director Bill Pulte said credit bureaus and VantageScore should follow FICO and take creative and constructive actions.Read More
Mixed Trends in Securitization Rate for Residential Mortgages October 2, 2025 Brandon Ivey Some lenders are consistently avoiding delivering certain GSE-eligible mortgages to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.Read More
Lending and Servicing Earnings Improve in Second Quarter October 1, 2025 John Bancroft Publicly-traded mortgage companies saw increases in earnings from both lending and servicing during the second quarter of 2025.Read More
FHFA to Propose Reducing Certain GSE Housing Goals October 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey Goals for acquisitions of purchase mortgages for low-income borrowers would be reduced under the proposal.Read More
Redwood Boosting Issuance of Jumbo MBS October 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey Redwood is marketing a $684.6 million jumbo mortgage-backed security.Read More
Slight Shifts in MBS Investor Profile During Second Quarter September 30, 2025 John Bancroft Money market managers and insurance companies increased their holdings of single-family MBS during the second quarter.Read More
Ginnie Servicing Share Hits Record in Second Quarter September 26, 2025 Brandon Ivey Since mid-2022, the agency has been gaining servicing share with lenders turning to FHA mortgages and loans through the Department of Veterans Affairs.Read More
UWM Sending Jumbo ARMs to Chase for MBS Issuance September 26, 2025 Brandon Ivey The last time Chase issued an MBS focused on ARMs from other lenders was 2019.Read More
Figure Looking to Expand Use of its MERS Competitor September 26, 2025 James Dohnert DART is a lien and eNote registry built on the Provenance blockchain.Read More