Christopher Whalen

To honor Stevens, who started in the secondary market where dry mortgage notes are sold to investors, let's delve into why the B3E proposal is badly constructed.

The chairman of Whalen Global Advisors outlines the policy agenda of home lenders' dreams for the year ahead.

An article's handling of COVID loan forbearance for veterans is an unfortunate example of how American journalism has become compromised by progressive politics, often by ignoring or twisting the facts, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Amid the release of Q3 bank earnings, the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors ponders whether efforts from the government-related entities help or hurt the independent mortgage bankers that are taking up a greater and greater share of 1-4 family lending and servicing.

The threat of instability from that group is immaterial in comparison to the existential risk created by the U.S. Treasury, argues the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Demand-driven inflation will continue to be a problem in the U.S. economy until we somehow work through trillions of excess liquidity provided by the Federal Open Market Committee, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

By "going big" in 2020, the Federal Reserve has managed to disrupt the term structure of interest rates to an alarming degree, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

More than any real world problem posed by IMBs, it is the government in all of its manifestations that poses a significant risk to the world of mortgage finance and the housing sector more generally, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

The withdrawn loan level pricing adjustment matrix changes were mostly about election-year politics and the Federal Housing Finance Agency's plan for credit scoring changes is even more impractical, the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes.

Taking a second look at those who were denied credit is very costly for lenders under the FHA's antiquated rules, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

The migration of new financing for large Ginnie Mae issuers, from Credit Suisse to other firms, is a crucially important development for the mortgage market .

If he really wants to win reelection in 2024, President Biden and his administration should leave the mortgage industry in peace and find somebody else to torment, the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes.

The most extreme example of FOMC interest rate market manipulation in 2020 to 2021 has now created a huge potential risk for lenders and investors, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Republican control of the House of Representatives means that CFPB could be sidelined for years, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors

If rights holders have to sell these assets because of the Ginnie Mae capital rule, it will increase rates for lower income consumers.

As the MBA meets in Nashville, many IMBs will be looking for buyers or wondering whether to turn off the lights entirely and go home, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

The Fed may be the big factor in the massive fluctuations seen daily in the TBA markets, but traders and credit analysts now also fear a new problem in the heretofore peaceful world of Ginnie Mae, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

"To talk about 95% of issuers by count being compliant without recognizing that a very large number of issuers hold few MSRs is disingenuous," one industry executive told the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Ginnie Mae has constructed a perfectly counter-cyclical capital regime that would crush the government loan market if left unaltered, the chair of Whalen Global Advisors writes.

A significant divergence between the FHFA and the Ginnie Mae issuer rules could greatly disrupt the secondary market — and that is precisely the outcome that now faces the mortgage industry, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.