Finance

Eastern Union put the blame on the other company Fannie Mae suspended, Sevenstone Capital, which was by former employees who left over four years prior.

Annualized inflation increased to 2.7% in November from 2.6% the previous month, providing further evidence that the economy remains strong despite restrictive monetary policy.

A slower rate of price increases would boost the likelihood of an interest-rate cut that could expand loan demand and lower banks' deposit costs. A higher pace of inflation, however, could derail those catalysts.

But the Federal Housing Administration program was the only mortgage loan type to gain market share month-to-month as measured by rate lock percentage.

An interest rate drop spurred an unusually high number of recently originated mortgages to prepay, and one loan type proved to be particularly reactive.

Valverde, who has a wide range of experience in capital markets and housing finance, will join the government-sponsored enterprise's single-family unit.

The average cost for a loan seller to buy back a mortgage from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for defects is over $32,000, a study from Reggora and Stratmor found.

The Toronto-based bank suspended its medium-term growth targets and announced a full-scale review of its strategies following historic anti-money-laundering failures.

Underwriting methods have been steadily shifting to traditional full documentation, which accounts for 13.3% in the VERUS 2024-9, KBRA said, its largest share since VERUS 2024-6.

The group is calling for the Trump administration to preserve certain features if it picks up where it left off and finishes cutting ties to the Treasury.

A key update of secondary market scores is set to reach the finish line in 2025 but the outlook for whether its current trajectory will continue is mixed.

In a wide-ranging interview, Tim Bowler, president of ICE Mortgage, discusses his views of the road ahead, the most crucial aspects of servicing distressed homeowners and why he took a mid-career role as an intern.

The Canadian bank fell short of analysts' expectations on non-interest income partly because of a higher-than-anticipated tax rate. Scotiabank's results also included a one-time impairment charge related to its investment in Bank of Xi'an Co. in China.

Listing the changes already made to its business model in his first 90 days, CEO Ryan Marshall said Voxtur could be EBITDA positive if trends hold in 2025.

The economist, who runs Roubini Macro Associates, is positioning for a curve steepener, a popular Treasuries trade where the gap between long- and short-dated yields widens.

Expanded data shows home prices rose over 5% annually at the end of the third quarter, prompting the FHFA to boost mortgage loan limits accordingly.

The Wall Street behemoth joins investors such as Peter Thiel in backing Pylon, which helps originate mortgages through automation and provides interim financing to its customers until the loans reach the capital markets.

The three credit repositories are just as responsible as FICO for the third price increase in three years, the group representing credit report resellers argues.

Those who don't retain MSRs or have a buyer agreement accommodating a recapture strategy will face challenges, one panelist warned at an industry meeting.

Government securitization guarantor Ginnie Mae got the terms for the popular HMBS 2.0 program across the finish line ahead of a major change in federal leadership.