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June 5, 2017

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Fannie/Freddie Business Up 6.3 Percent in May; Purchase Business a Standout

Purchase-mortgage business at Fannie and Freddie was up a solid 15.5 percent from April, hitting $36.78 billion, tops so far in 2017. Read More

Does Reliance on GSE Patch Give Fannie, Freddie Too Much Power?

The fear is that if the GSE patch were to expire mortgage lending in the industry might be constrained. Read More

At Banks and Thrifts, Mortgage Profits Suffer

Depositories reported $3.56 billion of mortgage-banking income for 1Q17, a 35 percent sequential decline. Read More

Capital Alpha Says Turbulence Ahead for GSE Investors

Capital Alpha projects that the “emerging reform thrust” might emulate ideas promulgated by the Mortgage Bankers Association, which is adamantly opposed to recap and release. Read More

Regulators Move to ‘e-Exams.’ Are You Ready?

A few years ago, ComplianceEase was chosen to provide the technology platform that enables regulators and licensees to cooperate and share the electronic files necessary to facilitate e-exams. Read More

Short Takes: Getting Harder to Track Subprime Servicing Rights / Down to $247 Billion / Citadel Nears a Milestone / Ocwen Registers Shares / A New NPL Tally for the GSEs

Some $247.0 billion of subprime mortgages were outstanding at the end of the first quarter of 2017, according to estimates by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Read More

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