May 4, 2020By Brandon IveySingle-Family Rental M&A Called Off Due to Coronavirus ComplicationsAmhert's planned acquisition of Front Yard was announced weeks before the financial impact of the coronavirus was apparent.
April 24, 2020By John BancroftNon-Agency CMBS Market Gets Thrashed by CoronavirusThe flows into commercial MBS of loans backed by office properties, retail facilities, hotels, apartments and industrial properties were all down sharply from the fourth quarter, a victim of the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 26, 2020By Dennis HollierFHFA Chief: GSEs Will Have to Take Delinquent Loans Onto Their Books“In fact,” said GSE regulator Mark Calabria, “if this goes on for more than two months, we’re going to be looking at stress for Fannie and Freddie"...
March 24, 2020By Paul MuoloNYMT Mortgage-Investing REIT Says It Can’t Make Its Margin Calls. Other REITs Feeling the Heat as Well
March 23, 2020By Paul MuoloFHFA and the Fed Try to Reassure MBS Markets; Fannie and Freddie to Provide Short-Term Financing
October 31, 2019By Paul MuoloShort Takes: FHFA to the GSEs: About Those Financial Advisors You Were Going to Hire… / The DJIA Tumbles Again / When Lower Rates Hurt / Genworth’s China Problem
October 10, 2019By Paul MuoloShort Takes: Clearing the Decks for GSE R&R / Fannie and Freddie and Their Investment Bankers? / Help Wanted: Congressional Affairs Specialist at the FHFA / In the Spotlight: MFA Financial
September 25, 2019By Paul MuoloShort Takes: Another Record Quarter for Angel Oak / Former PrimeLending Official Joins AO / The CFPB Staffs Up / If the QM Exemption Goes Away / New Hires for loanDepot, M&M