Aaron Kofsky, the acting deputy director of FHFA’s division of housing mission and goals, represented FHFA at a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Wednesday.

Applications for refinances with FHA and VA increased by nearly double digits on a weekly basis last week.

Brokers are increasing their production of non-qualified mortgages to keep up with rising demand, particularly from self-employed borrowers and real estate investors.

Redwood is partnering with just one or two sellers on eNotes at the moment rather than with all of its 240 loan seller partners.

Redwood's book value declined by between 1% and 3% at the end of June compared with the end of March.

The sharpest increase in the use of securitization was in the expanded-credit mortgage market.

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances increased to 6.58% in the week ending July 3, according to the MBA.

Delinquencies on DSCRs typically don’t get reported on a borrower’s credit report until there is an actual notice of default on the property.

Home prices will increase 4.8% on an annual basis as of April 2027, according to projections by Cotality.

Some usually active issuers had no issuance in the second quarter, including Citigroup, Bayview Asset Management, Radian Mortgage Securities and Nomura Securities.