The RFI appears to be in response to long-standing complaints about how the GSEs deal with properties that earn an income by providing transient housing...

Powell didn’t mince words: "You see activities that had once been principally the province of banks moving into the nonbank sector."

Mortgage complaints mentioning forbearance have reached their highest monthly average since March and April 2020...

Mark Calabria: "Just like other large financial institutions, these plans will provide Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHFA with a roadmap for preserving business continuity should they fail again."

Jeffrey Naimon, a partner at Buckley, warned that CFPB enforcement lawyers are pressing hard on discovery issues — requiring investigational targets to provide more information faster.

While the Treasury and FHFA said the 7% cap was “aligned with the current levels” of acquisitions by the GSEs, some analysts believe the loans have accounted for somewhat more than 7% of purchases by Fannie and Freddie each year since 2013.

The upfront MIP is 175 bps of the base loan amount on a 30-year fixed-rate FHA single-family loan. Most FHA borrowers pay an annual MIP of 85 bps for the full life of the loan.

Mr. Cooper's vendor blamed the withdrawal snafu on a "processing issue."

Company CEO Mat Ishbia was also named as a defendant...

The longer timeline allows lenders more time to offer QM loans based on a homeowner’s debt-to-income ratio and not solely based on certain pricing thresholds...