In a note to investors last week, Goldman Sachs Managing Director Arun Manohar said he is not particularly optimistic about the longer-term success of VantageScore 4.0 in the agency MBS market.

Higher revenues and lower expenses drive $3.56 billion in first quarter profits for the mortgage giant.

According to the order, Chicago-based Federal Savings Bank sent millions of advertisements, telling consumers that they had “available funds” and should contact the bank; the ads were actually for a VA cash-out refi.

Fed holds rates steady for third time in a row; UWM adds VantageScore to reporting for conventional loans; Fresh housing supply boosts pending home sales in April.

Castlelake, Redwood team to purchase up to $8 billion of prime loans; MBA's Broeksmit signals support for Basel III reproposal; Single-family housing starts increase in March.

The temporary change is due to FHA’s 2025 modification to the single-family loss-mitigation waterfall, which included reinstating TPP requirements before certain loss-mitigation options can be approved.

Daniel Hyman, a portfolio manager at PIMCO, said in a recent report that the buydowns lead to new-build homes selling at an inflated value that a homeowner is unlikely to match when they try to sell later.

Representatives in Congress called on leadership to remove a provision in the Senate-passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act that mandates investors sell single-family build-to-rent housing.

The GSEs will accept VantageScore 4.0 on a pilot basis. FHA will follow at a later date, along with plans for the GSEs and FHA to allow for use of FICO 10T.

FHFA Director Bill Pulte dismissed concerns about adverse selection risk tied to the optionality for lenders on FICO scores and VantageScore.