Rob Zimmer, head of external communications for CMLA, described it this way: "It’s a terrible policy idea, given that only the middle class pays it. Wealthy households paying cash for homes or using jumbo mortgages won’t pay a dime."
The Supreme Court remanded a portion of the case, leaving it for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to decide how to handle the question of whether the unconstitutional nature of FHFA’s leadership structure damaged shareholders and, if so, what kind of compensation they might be owed.
Bayview Asset Management and Flagstar Bank are the latest non-agency MBS issuers to stock deals with investment-property mortgages that could have been sold to Fannie and Freddie...
It was never entirely clear to conventional lenders why the LLPA was installed in the first place given the relatively low COVID-related forbearance readings on GSE loans.