Originators slightly loosened credit for conventional and jumbo products in May but they've held steady after larger growth to begin the year.
The 30-year fixed rate mortgage average not only remains where it was in September, it is still nearly a half-percentage point above February's trough.
A new state omnibus bill also adds explicit language and rules addressing servicing loan transfers and timely notifications of changes in escrow amounts.
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There's a 13-percentage-point differential in the use of "advanced" mortgage fraud detection tools between banks and non-banks, with costs as a major reason why.
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The company will pay $4.6 million in the settlement, which resolves allegations that it violated foreclosure protection rules in place during the pandemic.
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Two Harbors opens a negotiating window for UWM this week for a revised offer, but the bid has to be all cash, the REIT will not entertain a stock alternative.
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The Federal Reserve governor warned in a speech Saturday that lower capital requirements and lighter supervision could create a credit 'sugar high' that could spur excessive risk-taking, with potentially significant long-term consequences.
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Self-employed borrowers represent just 23.1% of the pool, and liquid reserves were $858,428 compared with 21.9% and $1 million.
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A proposal from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to reshape the CAMELS rating system, which, combined with other related policy moves, are teeing up a sea change in the way banks and their federal supervisors go about their respective businesses.
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Mortgage lenders play a crucial role in divorce. Experts explain how to navigate decree language, assumability and tax pitfalls before it's too late.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should aggressively buy and restructure low-coupon MBS into CMOs rather than holding them, a move that would lower long-term mortgage rates, according to the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
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Yields rebounded after the 30-year held near 5%, but the yield curve's flattening trend likely isn't over, according to the head of correspondent business development at AD Mortgage.
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The FHFA's ACV condo insurance rollback gets the balance right between affordability and safety, even if politics muddied the waters, the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes.
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