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..."

According to HUD’s policy handbook, a non-permanent resident alien is eligible for FHA financing if the property will be the borrower’s principal residence…

In a new investor update filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, megaservicer Mr. Cooper (Nationstar Mortgage) says it has a tangible net worth ratio of 13.2%, as measured in accordance with standards set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency...

It stands to reason that as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to shrink, they’ll need fewer employees, right? But what about their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency? If Fannie and Freddie are smaller, shouldn’t the FHFA be smaller?...   

H.R. 299 eliminates the cap on VA home loans, which means that qualified homebuyers can now borrow above the agency’s standard loan limit of $484,350 for most counties in 2019 with no downpayment requirements.

Annaly and Barclays also like the idea of replacing Fannie and Freddie with several smaller MBS guarantors. At March 31, Annaly owned roughly $103 billion worth of agency mortgage-backed securities...

Of course, the whole point is moot though, isn’t it? Fannie and Freddie continue to be wards of the federal government. If they fail to meet a capital test, what’s the worst Uncle Sam can do? Put them in conservatorship? They’re already there... 

“The importance in having a well-functioning, transparent and liquid non-QM market is arguably growing by the day,” according to analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.