Some investors in MBS and ABS are ready to discard data collected in the past two years due to distortions from actions by the federal government. One problem: projecting asset performance moving forward.

The Fed will reduce its purchases of agency MBS more quickly than initially planned; the Senate confirmed Alanna McCargo as Ginnie Mae’s president; Parthenon Capital Partners will acquire a majority stake in Kroll Bond Rating Agency; KBRA raises concerns about non-agency MBS due diligence sampling practices; United Wholesale offers its first non-agency jumbo MBS.

Fannie Mae discovered the encroachment during an audit...

Federal regulators provided status updates on several current and pending mortgage-related rulemaking initiatives. But revisions to the qualified-mortgage standards were missing from the CFPB’s agenda.

Federal regulators started their review of risk-retention standards for residential MBS in December 2019. The review ended with no action this week.

KBRA was founded in 2010 by Jules Kroll...

Low-income first-time homebuyers face higher closing costs than others receiving purchase mortgages, according to economists at Fannie Mae. The GSE is suggesting changes that could fix some of that.

An appraisal company failed to note that improvements to a refinanced property happened to encroach on neighboring land, but the lender, First Community Mortgage, couldn’t pin losses on the appraiser.

Start-up mortgage lender Beeline completes Series A funding; HouseCanary publishes report defending its AVM; DC attorney general introduces legislation aimed at the use of algorithms by companies in the housing sector; LoanLogics acquires LoanBeam.

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