Enhancing exclusive listing periods of foreclosed properties for owner-occupants might have had an effect on increasing the supply of affordable homes for homebuyers despite caveats, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General.

Growing acceptance of DSCR loans is helping drive improved lending flexibility.

The executive order would prevent federal agencies and the government-sponsored enterprises from facilitating the acquisition of a single-family home by a large institutional investor.

An unidentified insurance company recently started buying jumbo mortgages through the Maxex marketplace.

Some 10 non-agency MBS have hit the market thus far in January, with issuance spread across loan types.

A soft rental market is holding back home sales to investors.

The non-agency product has gone from a niche offering to mainstream, with Rocket becoming the latest prominent lender to offer DSCR loans.

Thom Malone, principal economist at Cotality, said in a report that investors are waiting until a home has been sitting on the market so they can negotiate a lower price.

Uncertainty on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has caused some lenders to deliver their agency-eligible production to the non-agency secondary market.

Redfin said home prices have risen for three straight months.