The central bank outlined plans to reduce the size of its balance sheet. It’s still unclear what impact it will have on the mortgage and MBS markets.

FINRA will implement margin requirements for trading of wide swaths of GSE MBS, including TBA transactions, specified pools transactions and collateralized mortgage obligations.

The Underserved Mortgage Markets Coalition has put together a list of actions the GSEs can take to meet their obligations under FHFA’s duty-to-serve program.

The Community Home Lenders Association believe the sharp increase in fees for second-home mortgages will impact middle-income families.

At the direction of FHFA, the GSEs are permanently integrating desktop appraisals into their automated underwriting systems.

Some delinquent loans have been removed from MBS trusts before completing their modification trial periods.

Few states have laws defining an “abandoned property,” leaving servicers with local ordinances and case law as their guides in many foreclosure procedures.

New York-based fintech dv01 used highly focused geographic data to identify MBS investment opportunities.

Once a “flexibility” intended to help lenders deal with the pandemic, the desktop appraisal is about to become a permanent fixture of Freddie’s Loan Advisor and Fannie’s Desktop Underwriter.

CHLA wants the effective date of the fee hikes delayed until July...