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Inside Mortgage Finance

October 12, 2023

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Lakeview Becomes New King of Agency Servicing Market

Lakeview is consistently one of the biggest players in the secondary market for agency MSR, but Chase and Mr. Cooper both recorded bigger gains during the third quarter. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Trade Groups Plead With Fed to Provide Certainty

The MBA, NAHB and NAR want the Fed to announce it’s done raising interest rates and that it won’t sell MBS holdings until there’s some stability in the housing market. The request could fall on deaf ears. Read More

Texas Capital Sues Ginnie, HUD Over Loans to RMF

Warehouse lender Texas Capital Bank claims it lost money after Ginnie Mae extinguished its interest in liens associated with the now-defunct Reverse Mortgage Funding. Read More

FHLBanks on Tenterhooks Over Delayed FHFA Report

There is still no firm release date on FHFA’s once-in-a-hundred-year review of the Federal Home Loan Bank system. The report was supposed to come out by the end of September. Read More

A Record Year by 2028? A Ton of Layoffs Comes First

The current bad times for lenders can’t last forever. Eventually, the Federal Reserve will ease credit and normalcy will return to the industry. But before we get there, more job cuts will be the order of the day. Read More

Something to Count On: Strong MSR Values for 3Q

Many owners of MSRs will have an opportunity to mark up the asset value of their holdings when reporting third-quarter results. However, the gains likely won’t be all that large. Read More

Economists See Mixed Outlook for Housing Market

Uncertainty over the future of interest rates is hampering the housing market, according to economists. Read More

CRS Outlines Impact of Potential Lapse in NFIP

If the National Flood Insurance Program is allowed to lapse mid-November, the impact could extend beyond single-family lending, the Congressional Research Service has warned. Read More

Fix-and-Flips Make Up Growing Portion of Home Sales

Smaller real estate investors are playing a larger role in the housing market as inventory fails to keep up with demand. Read More

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