Redwood’s Earnings Improve With Gain on Investments May 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey “A decline in interest rates resulted in higher valuations,” Redwood noted.Read More
Short Takes: House Committee Approves Large Cut to CFPB’s Budget / Pending Home Sales Up / Large Nonbanks in Good Spot / New Expanded-Credit MBS From Ares May 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey The House Financial Services Committee moved a bill forward that would reduce the budget for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by close to 70%.Read More
Short Takes: The Fed’s ‘Quandary’ / Weak Demand for Purchase Mortgages / Impairment Rate on Non-QMs Declines / SoFi Increasing Home Lending April 30, 2025 Brandon Ivey The data the Federal Reserve relies on shows a slowing economy but also increased risk of inflation.Read More
Short Takes: Home Price Appreciation Slows / More Judicial Scrutiny of CFPB Layoffs / Rate Launches Expanded-Credit Products / FHA Revises Foreclosure Sale Policy / Wells Free From CFPB Consent Order April 29, 2025 Brandon Ivey Home prices increased by 0.1% on a monthly basis in February.Read More
Short Takes: Sales of Existing Homes Slow / Profit on Sale of Warehouse Unit / New Type of Securitization From Figure April 25, 2025 Brandon Ivey Sales of existing homes declined in March on a monthly basis and compared with March 2024.Read More
CrossCountry Leads Contributors to Expanded-Credit MBS April 24, 2025 Brandon Ivey CrossCountry contributed $942.1 million in loans to expanded-credit MBS issued during the first quarter of 2025.Read More
Chase Brings Two Prime Non-Agency MBS April 24, 2025 Brandon Ivey Only three other prime non-agency MBS have hit the market this month.Read More
New Issuers of Home Equity Loan Securitizations April 23, 2025 Brandon Ivey Mr. Cooper Group and Angel Oak Companies are separately marketing their first securitizations of home equity loans.Read More
Short Takes: Applications Fall / Fannie Selling NPLs / DSCR Non-Agency MBS April 23, 2025 Brandon Ivey Interest rates on mortgages increased by nearly 30 basis points during a two-week span.Read More
Short Takes: Homebuilder Originations Up / Credit Inquiries for Mortgages Declining / More Expanded-Credit MBS / Forbearance Declines April 22, 2025 Brandon Ivey PulteGroup and NVR boosted mortgage originations on an annual basis in the first quarter of 2025.Read More