Short Takes: Ginnie Offers New Avenue on Buydowns / Democrats Frustrated With Fed’s Removal of Asset Cap on Wells / Large Expanded-Credit MBS From Ares / eHELOC Standard June 6, 2025 Brandon Ivey Beginning June 16, custom single-family pools in the Ginnie II program won’t be subject to the 10% concentration limit on mortgages with buydowns.Read More
VA Denial Rate Declines Amid Surge in Applications June 5, 2025 Emmeline Willey Lenders turned down 24.5% of VA refi applications in 2024, compared with 37.3% in the previous year.Read More
Short Takes: Bowman Confirmed in Fed Role / Pulte’s ‘Interesting’ Meetings / A&D Expands FHA Offerings / New Prime Non-Agency MBS June 5, 2025 Brandon Ivey The confirmation of Michelle Bowman as vice chair for supervision at the Fed could prompt the Fed to begin to make regulatory changes.Read More
Ginnie, FHA Officials Eye Rising FHA Delinquencies June 3, 2025 Emmeline Willey Delinquencies on FHA mortgages have crept higher since recovering from the pandemic.Read More
Short Takes: UWM Offering FHA, VA ARMs / Provident Sending GSE-Eligible Mortgages to Non-Agency MBS / Chase Revives Higher-LTV-Ratio Jumbo MBS Shelf / Few Homebuyers May 29, 2025 Brandon Ivey ARMs accounted for less than 1% of total FHA originations in 2024.Read More
Short Takes: CRT From Freddie / FHA Turns to AI / Point Boosts HEI Securitization / PRMG Partners on Credit Card May 13, 2025 Brandon Ivey Freddie Mac is marketing a $529.00 million CRT deal.Read More
MBS Investors Seek Further Buydown Limitations From Ginnie May 9, 2025 Emmeline Willey Ginnie MBS investors continue to have concerns about mortgages with permanent buydowns.Read More
Loan Removals From Ginnie MBS Slow in First Quarter May 8, 2025 Emmeline Willey Removal activity had increased in each of the previous four quarters.Read More
Trump Admin Makes Sweeping Changes to FHA Loss-Mit April 16, 2025 Emmeline Willey FHA’s COVID-19 loss-mitigation options will be rescinded and the Trump administration is taking a close look at the payment supplement program established during the Biden administration.Read More
HECM Endorsements Decline in 2024 April 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey HECM endorsements declined by 8.6% on an annual basis in 2024.Read More