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October 19, 2017

Agency Servicing Continued Growing in 3Q17, But Top Banks Still Pulling Back

The universe of servicing single-family home loans for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae continued to expand in the third quarter, but...

October 19, 2017

Big Banks Report Decent Production Figures for Third Quarter of 2017

It’s still early in the reporting cycle for third-quarter results, but major banks so far have reported solid origination gains from the...

October 19, 2017

Brokers Voice Frustrations about ‘Whole-Tail’ Lenders: Wholesale Lenders that also have Retail Operations

Long-running tension between mortgage brokers and retail lenders with wholesale operations ratcheted up recently as a new group urged...

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October 13, 2017

Ginnie Reveals Nearly 10 Percent Exposure in Disaster Areas

An estimated 9.8 percent of Ginnie Mae’s business may be potentially at risk due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, according to data...... from Inside FHA/VA Lending

October 6, 2017

Fannie Pilot Offers Conventional Fixed-Rate Loans for MH in NH

Fannie Mae has partnered with the state housing finance agency in New Hampshire to pilot a program that allows buyers of manufactured homes...... from Inside The GSEs

September 22, 2017

Tech Helps Lenders Avoid Costly TCPA Lawsuits

Lawsuits arising from violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act have increased tremendously over the last couple of years and...... from Inside Mortgage Trends

July 21, 2017

News Briefs

The $210.45 million mortgage-backed security Angel Oak Capital Advisors issued earlier this month had the tightest execution of any MBS backed...... from Inside Nonconforming Markets

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October 13, 2017

Non-Agency MBS Issuance Weakened in 3Q17 Despite an Upswing in Prime Jumbo Issuance

A slowdown in new scratch-and-dent deals proved to be a drag on non-agency MBS issuance during the third quarter, according to a new...

October 13, 2017

Regulatory Relief Pushed by Treasury for MBS And ABS Looks Likely, though Not Immediate

The Treasury Department released a report late last week calling for a variety of regulatory reforms for the MBS and ABS markets. Many of...

October 13, 2017

Some Options Exist for MBS/ABS Issuers to Finance Risk Retention, though Compliance is Complicated

Risk-retention requirements established by the Dodd-Frank Act generally require sponsors or contributing lenders to retain risk from MBS...

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October 13, 2017

Ginnie MBS Issuance Rolled To Year’s High Mark in 3Q17

Ginnie Mae issuers rode a wave of purchase-mortgage lending to deliver $120.46 billion of forward mortgages during the third quarter of 2017,...... from Inside FHA/VA Lending

October 5, 2017

Nonbank Participants in the MSR Market Strive for Liquidity, Changes to Fannie’s Acknowledgement Agreement Likely

Nonbanks lack the deposit base banks have to support their investments in mortgage servicing rights, but nonbanks are seeing increased...... from Inside Mortgage Finance

June 16, 2017

Treasury Suggests Eliminating GSE Patch, Fannie to Raise DTI

The Treasury Department said the so-called GSE patch gives Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac an unfair advantage in the mortgage market, and it...... from Inside The GSEs

June 9, 2017

AIG Close to Issuing Jumbo MBS

American International Group’s jumbo conduit has purchased a significant volume of mortgages in the past year and has plans to issue...... from Inside Nonconforming Markets

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October 6, 2017

GSEs See Surge in Purchase-Mortgage Business in 3Q17

Heavy purchase-mortgage business boosted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac production of single-family mortgage-backed securities during the third...

October 6, 2017

FHFA Director Tells Congress GSE Reform Action Needed ASAP

There was a sense of urgency in FHFA Director Mel Watt’s comments to Congress this week about reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. As the...

October 6, 2017

OIG Critical of New Fannie Mae Headquarters Build-Out

The Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General said late last week that the FHFA is not doing a good job of monitoring the...

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October 13, 2017

Republicans Critical of GSEs’ QM Exemption

A number of Republicans raised concerns last week about the exemption from qualified mortgage standards currently provided to mortgages...... from Inside Nonconforming Markets

October 13, 2017

GSE Shareholders More Confident As Judge Releases New Government Documents to Plaintiff Attorneys

As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders inch closer to having hundreds of government documents released in pending shareholder lawsuits...... from Inside MBS & ABS

October 12, 2017

FHFA Wants Fannie, Freddie and FHLBanks To Beef Up Their Cybersecurity Programs

The Federal Housing Finance Agency wants the government-sponsored enterprises and the Federal Home Loan Banks to hire chief information...... from Inside Mortgage Finance

October 6, 2017

Surging Purchase-Loan Sector in GSE Market Lifts Correspondents in 3Q17

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saw a huge jump in deliveries of purchase-money mortgages during the third quarter, although the first-timer share...... from Inside Mortgage Trends

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October 9, 2017

CFPB Gives Servicers More Flexibility to Deal With Foreclosure

The CFPB last week issued an interim final rule to give mortgage servicers more flexibility to communicate with homeowners at risk of...

October 9, 2017

Bureau Proposes More Certainty For Providing Periodic Statements

The CFPB issued a proposed rule last week to provide more certainty for mortgage servicers about when to provide periodic statements to...

October 9, 2017

Ocwen Financial Settles Mortgage-Related Disputes With 15 States

Ocwen Financial, the once high-flying non-bank mortgage servicer, has brought to 15 the number of states it has reached settlements with to...

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October 19, 2017

Most Servicing Amendments Kick in This Week, Even More Complexity Expected When States Act

Most of the final amendments the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made to its mortgage servicing rules kicked in late this week, and the...... from Inside Mortgage Finance

October 13, 2017

HUD Dumps Lender Insight for New Loan Review Summary Report

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is discontinuing its quarterly newsletter, Lender Insight, with the implementation of FHA’s...... from Inside FHA/VA Lending

October 13, 2017

Ocwen Avoids SEC Action, Settles with States

Ocwen Financial revealed last week that it won’t face enforcement actions from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding two...... from Inside Nonconforming Markets

September 29, 2017

FINRA Gives Broker-Dealers, Mortgage Bankers Six More Months to Adopt New Margin Requirements

Mortgage bankers will now have until June 25, 2018, to adopt new margin requirements under Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 4210,...... from Inside MBS & ABS

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October 6, 2017

Surging Purchase-Loan Sector in GSE Market Lifts Correspondents in 3Q17

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saw a huge jump in deliveries of purchase-money mortgages during the third quarter, although the first-timer...

October 6, 2017

Layoffs at HomeStreet Pinned on Housing Supply

Plenty of potential homebuyers have prequalified with HomeStreet Bank for mortgages this year but the bank has significantly cut its...

October 6, 2017

Few Lenders Are Satisfied with Lending Systems

There’s room for improvement in loan origination system offerings, according to a survey of 250 lenders by Strategic Mortgage Finance...

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October 19, 2017

Housing Industry Groups No Longer United in Stance on Value of Mortgage Interest Deduction

The mortgage interest deduction, or MID, used to rank with apple pie and motherhood for real estate agents, mortgage lenders and homebuilders....... from Inside Mortgage Finance

October 13, 2017

Ginnie Reveals Nearly 10 Percent Exposure in Disaster Areas

An estimated 9.8 percent of Ginnie Mae’s business may be potentially at risk due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, according to data...... from Inside FHA/VA Lending

October 13, 2017

Annaly Registers 65 Million Shares of Common as The ‘mREIT’ Sector Remains Generally Healthy

Annaly Capital Management, the nation’s largest real estate investment trust focused on the MBS market, hopes to raise upwards of $780 million...... from Inside MBS & ABS

July 28, 2017

Fairholme Staying the Course on its Fannie, Freddie Investment

In a recent conference call, Fairholme Capital Management founder and Chief Investment Officer Bruce Berkowitz stood his ground regarding the...... from Inside The GSEs

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October 13, 2017

Ginnie MBS Issuance Rolled To Year’s High Mark in 3Q17

Ginnie Mae issuers rode a wave of purchase-mortgage lending to deliver $120.46 billion of forward mortgages during the third quarter of...

October 13, 2017

Carson Open to Excising HECM From Mortgage Insurance Fund

Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson indicated he is open to the idea of moving the Home Equity Conversion...

October 13, 2017

Ginnie Mae, VA Announce Joint Task Force to Stop Improper Refis

Ginnie Mae and the VA this week officially announced a joint-agency task force to deal with the loan-churning problem that is triggering...

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August 11, 2017

Low-Downpayment Lending Continues to Expand

Low-downpayment lending is the highest it’s been in almost seven years as the purchase market keeps growing, according to new data from Black...... from Inside Mortgage Trends

March 20, 2015

MBS Market Inched Higher in 4Q14, Agency Sector Growing Steadily

Steady growth in the outstanding supply of agency single-family MBS offset the ongoing decline in non-agency MBS in the fourth quarter of...... from Inside MBS & ABS

July 10, 2014

Mismatched Default/Claims Data in CAIVRS, FHA System Result in Ineligible Borrowers Obtaining New FHA Loans

The Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development called on the FHA to clean up and update its shared database of...... from Inside Mortgage Finance

January 3, 2014

Watt Delays Planned GSE Fee Increases

Mel Watt, the incoming director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, appears to be taking a less aggressive stance toward decreasing the...... from Inside Nonconforming Markets

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October 13, 2017

Prime Jumbo MBS Issuance Surged In 3Q17, Nonprime Market Slowed

Issuance of prime non-agency mortgage-backed securities increased by more than 50.0 percent from the second quarter to the third, while...

October 13, 2017

Redwood Aims for Jumbos Outside of Banks’ Focus

Redwood Trust loosened its underwriting guidelines for jumbo mortgages in an effort to acquire loans beyond the typical standards set by...

October 13, 2017

Treasury Proposal Could Boost Non-Agency MBS

A proposal released last week by the Treasury Department could make issuing and investing in non-agency mortgage-backed securities more...

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June 3, 2016

Rumblings of Possible Activity in Nonagency (Nonprime) Securitization. A Bond Backed by ‘Fix & Flip’ Loans?

The nonagency, nonprime MBS market continues to generate plenty of interest among mortgage professionals, but the number of securities being...... from Inside MBS & ABS

February 11, 2016

Fitch Ratings Warns Rising Home Prices In Some States May Not Be Sustainable

While home price gains across the U.S. are fairly sustainable, some metropolitan areas where jumbo loan underwriting standards are considered...... from Inside Mortgage Finance

January 23, 2015

Streamlined FHA Refinances Increase in 3Q14

Streamlined FHA refinance volume increased slightly in the third quarter of 2014 as incentives put in place in 2013 continued to attract FHA...... from Inside FHA/VA Lending

May 30, 2014

Purchase Originations Expected to Decline in 2014

The mortgage market’s shift from a focus on refinances to purchase mortgages won’t be enough to prompt an increase in purchase-mortgage...... from Inside Mortgage Trends

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