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Inside Mortgage Finance

January 19, 2007

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Private Mortgage Conduit Business Hits Record Issuance in 2006 Despite Cooling in Second Half

Wall Street investment banks and top national mortgage lenders generated a record $967.02 billion of new mortgage-backed securities through private conduit activity in 2006, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance... [Includes one chart and two graphs] Read More

Banking Regulators Consider Expanding Nontraditional Guidance to Hybrid ARMs

Federal regulators have recently ramped up their talk of expanding the guidance on nontraditional mortgage products to include hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages, a staple of the subprime market. Another route could be to update existing guidance on subprime lending... Read More

Mortgage Production to Drop Slightly In 2007, $500 Billion of ARMs to Reset

Mortgage industry forecasters are predicting a modest decline in new originations in 2007 as a strengthening economy presses mortgage interest rates higher. The average forecast among leading industry economists is $2.406 trillion in... [Includes one chart] Read More

With Chairmen Appointed, Democrats Ready To Tackle Predatory Lending, GSEs and FHA

Now that the Democrats and Republicans have their committee and subcommittee lineups set, legislation to reform the nation’s government-sponsored enterprises will be the first major mortgage-related bill to be addressed by the 110th Congress.But the biggest... Read More

MBA 2007 Advocacy Agenda Features a Field of Familiar, Still Unresolved Issues

The mortgage banking industry will be pushing this year to resolve unfinished or pending legislative and regulatory business from 2006 as it narrows its lobbying priorities. The Mortgage Bankers Association unveiled its 2007 advocacy agenda this week that... Read More

Mortgage Bankers Association Set to Buy Its New Headquarters Building

After decades of talking the talk about homeownership, the Mortgage Bankers Association is finally set to walk the walk as well. The MBA this week announced that it is buying a new office building in Washington, DC, that will become its headquarters. The trade association... Read More

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