Three certificates from two GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust deals have been placed under review for possible downgrade by Moody's Investors Service.The affected securities are class B5 of series 2002-1 and classes B-2 and B-3 of series 2005-LT1. In addition, Moody's placed three certificates from one GSMPS deal under review for possible upgrade. Moody's attributed the negative rating actions to credit enhancement levels that are low given the projected losses on the underlying pools. The transactions consist of securitizations of re-performing and nonperforming loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, virtually all of which were repurchased from Ginnie Mae pools, Moody's said.
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The Arkansas-based company spent nearly four years on the M&A sidelines, grappling with asset quality issues and litigation tied to its 2022 acquisition of Texas-based Happy State Bank. Now it's signed a letter of intent to buy an unnamed bank.
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The company cited efforts to improve profitability behind its decision, with Popular joining a line of other banks in ending mortgage operations in 2025.
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The mortgage unit of Hilltop Holdings lost $7.2 million pretax in the third quarter with lower volume, following making a small profit three months prior.
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FHA loans accounted for about half of the annual rise in foreclosure starts and 80% of the rise in active foreclosures in September, according to ICE.
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The Federal Reserve Friday issued a set of proposed changes to its stress testing program for the largest banks that would disclose the central bank's back-end stress testing models, a move that the Fed had long opposed out of fear of making the tests easier for banks to pass.
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Robert Hartheimer's arrest comes at a time when the bank is trying to recover from a consent order and the Synapse mess.
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