But there’s something else to think about here. Let’s say Democrat Joe Biden (DE) wins the White House in November. After being sworn into office, will he act swiftly to dismantle this very controversial loan-level private adjustment?...

Other sectors of the jumbo market saw more measured gains...

FHFA said it originally approved the purchase of forborne loans to improve liquidity in the market. On Wednesday, agency Director Mark Calabria reiterated that assertion: “Extending these COVID-19 flexibilities helps keep the mortgage market moving and borrowers safe during the pandemic.”

However, FHFA made it clear the agency is not cancelling the new fee, which it says is intended to help Fannie and Freddie defray the costs associated with COVID-19 relief. The agency says those actions have conservatively cost the enterprises $6 billion...

NAR also recommends eliminating the steep 500 to 700-basis-points fee on GSE forbearance loans...

The general consensus is that this new loan-level price adjustment will not be killed outright but very well could be moved back by at least 60 days from its current Sept. 1 implementation date. This would allow lenders facing rate-lock hits to avoid financial damage…

The downgrade was prompted by JPM's use of Fannie Mae's Collateral Underwriter and automated valuation models.

In a new filing with the SEC, Mr. Cooper disclosed that after accounting for a modest increase in the value of its mortgage servicing rights, the new GSE LLPA will reduce the value of the loans in its pipeline by approximately $20 million...

The best the industry can hope for is a delay in the Sept. 1 implementation date, some believe...

Most of the gain was in agency mortgage securities, which rose $82.6 billion to $2.148 trillion...