Compliance & Regulation

Pricing engines have moved from a tool to help sell loans to a “compliance-ready tool” for use by originators.

Origen Financial Inc., who manages the residual interest in securitized manufactured housing loan portfolios, had net income of $173,000 for 2Q13, compared with a $2.8 million loss for 2Q12.

Federal regulators have revised a set of less restrictive risk-retention guidelines for commercial mortgage backed securities deals that could have a negative effect on refinancing and future CMBS growth.

As policymakers debate ways to reduce Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s role in the U.S. mortgage market, one of the big questions that must be addressed is how much credit risk private investors are willing to take on, and at what price.

The House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, claims the federal regulators latest re-proposal of the qualified residential mortgage rule is just another admission that risk retention would harm the mortgage market.

The Structure Finance Industry Group Inc. has filed an amicus brief in support of Wells Fargo NA’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the eminent domain plans of Richmond, Calif. and Mortgage Resolution Partners LLC.

The California Association of Realtors is urging the group to sign Senate Bill 30 that provides relief to distressed homeowners attempting to sell their homes through a short sale.

Regional banks are expected to see a huge drop-off in mortgage originations over the second half of 2013 as interest rates continue to rise.

The new proposed definition of the “qualified residential mortgage” has been aligned to match the definition of a “qualified mortgage” which was released earlier this year.

Radian Group Inc.’s mortgage insurer reached an agreement with Freddie Mac that caps expenses at $840 million related to loans held by the U.S. government-controlled housing-finance company.