Lower rates have created a land rush by apartment owners to refinance their multifamily loans, potentially straining the capacity of Fannie and Freddie. However...
There’s been speculation that the Treasury Department this year would suspend the dividend payment to let the two companies build capital, a first step in an administration-backed recapitalization and release plan.
Stearns Lending founder Glenn Stearns will star in a reality TV series called “Undercover Billionaire,” premiering August 6. Stearns will be dropped off in a U.S. city (Erie, PA) with $100 in his pocket. The goal: to create a million-dollar enterprise from scratch in 90 days…
Approximately $600 million of refinance loans with a VA guarantee were left stranded on lenders’ balance sheets due to a conflict in Ginnie seasoning requirements that were ushered in with passage of the Dodd-Frank reform act...
According to calculations made by Inside Mortgage Finance, the patch currently accounts for as much as 30% of single-family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
MBA worries that if the GSE patch expires without any corresponding reforms to "preserve access to credit," the residential mortgage market will be disrupted...
Harvard's Don Layton on creating more competition for Fannie and Freddie: “I have not encountered any knowledgeable people who think it could happen quickly."
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