Fannie Mae has announced the release of the latest version of its Desktop Underwriter automated loan origination and underwriting system.With DU 4.3, lenders can offer investor loans with loan-to-value ratios of up to 90%, fixed- and adjustable-rate cooperative share loans, exterior-only property inspections, and loan limits for conforming loans to $240,000. Currently, more than 750 lenders use DU to process more than 30,000 loan submissions a day. In 1998, lenders will use the system to underwrite more than two million loans. Fannie Mae's website address is http://www.fanniemae.com.
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Michael Strauss faces massive Sprout liabilities as his wife and a former associate launch a new mortgage firm, raising questions about ties to the fallen lender.
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Preemption would hurt affordability for many, the Conference of State Banking Supervisors and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators said.
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Primelending produced a pretax loss of $5.2 million in the fourth quarter, significantly lower than the loss of $15.9 million in the same period a year earlier.
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The high court, without comment, refused Emigrant Mortgage's appeal of a verdict holding it liable for no income, no asset verification loans to minorities.
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Fourth quarter pretax income of $900,000 and net income of $656,000 for the segment compared with year ago losses of $625,000 and $197,000 respectively.
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Former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh is a relatively known quantity to financial markets, but his embrace of President Trump's agenda and the White House's own contentious relationship with the central bank make it hard to know with certainty where — or even whether — he will lead the Fed.
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