We understand from informed sources that paying off Fannie/Freddie shareholders (the ones suing Uncle Sam) is calculation that certain federal officials have entertained.
Once effective, the requirements of the HECM law are significant, according to Allison Schoenthal, an attorney and partner in the New York office of Hogan Lovells...
FHFA Director Mark Calabria on Bob Ryan: “Bob’s advice and counsel during my transition have been invaluable. I greatly appreciate his service at FHFA during the past five years and his role in helping ensure liquidity and funding for the nation’s housing finance system...”
Former Fannie Mae CFO Tim Howard says there is no economic reason the GSEs should hold capital comparable to large commercial banks. “Fannie and Freddie are not multi-product and multinational lenders. They are mono-line insurance companies, limited to a single asset type – residential mortgages – whose historical credit loss performance has been dramatically better than banks.”
How do you get out of a debt bubble? Answer: Raise taxes and cut spending, something U.S. politicians have been loath to do. Or you could print more money...
Bank employees, under current regulations, are allowed to offer residential mortgages without taking the test or meeting some other basic SAFE Act requirements, such as passing an independent background check and taking 20 hours of SAFE Act pre-licensing courses.
If you’re wondering why the deal is taking so long, it’s because COH is a foreign entity and there are certain regulatory hoops to jump through. When originally announced, the sale was valued at $2.7 billion – all cash…
As we’ve noted before, Calabria is building a dream team of industry vets and policy experts, whose chief task likely will entail working with the Treasury Department on administrative reform…
FHA's Keith Becker: “The industry and most of our lender partners are leveraging this technology now, and we have to find a way to do that as well so we can stay current with the industry’s direction..."
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