The FHA commissioner in the Trump White House will have final say on the key issue of adjusting FHA premiums and loan sizes, and likely would have input on GSE reform.
In case you’re not keeping tally, there are roughly 387 calendar days remaining before the “capital buffer” at Fannie and Freddie falls to zero on Jan. 1, 2018.
Then there’s the case of Bill Dallas, the industry veteran who runs Skyline Home Loans in Calabasas, CA. “Winter is coming,” he said in a brief email exchange with Inside Mortgage Finance.
Given the fact that rates have moved noticeably higher since the election, it’s widely anticipated that more originators will move to trim staff before yearend if they haven’t already.
Schneider has until midnight Dec. 9 to accept the severance offer from Walter Investment Management Corp., the nation’s eighth largest residential servicer.