The 30+ day delinquency rate stood at 3.09% at the end of April.

Those opposed include the American Bankers Association, the Housing Policy Council, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the Structured Finance Association and U.S. Mortgage Insurers.

Sales of existing homes declined by 1.9% on a monthly basis in April.

Debt service coverage ratio mortgages qualify borrowers based on rental income rather than the traditional debt-to-income ratio metric used by the GSEs.

“Purchase activity continues to lag despite this recent decline in rates,” said Joel Kan, a vice president and deputy chief economist at the MBA.

Marcia Fudge is now a partner and chair of public policy at Taft, a law firm.

About a dozen firms currently originate HEIs in more than 30 states, according to Morningstar DBRS.

Federal banking regulators are still grappling with whether to re-propose a rule on capital requirements for large banks or to move on to a final rule.

The top higher-priced mortgage lender in 2023 was 21st Mortgage, with $2.55 billion in volume.

Issuance of prime non-agency MBS in the first quarter of 2024 was driven by jumbo mortgages, though volume involving GSE-eligible mortgages also increased.