Wachovia has ceased funding alternative-A credit mortgages through brokers.The decision was made Aug. 2, according to a company spokesman. Other companies have also recently begun growing wary of the product niche, among them Wells Fargo (see item above). Wachovia can be found on the Web at http://www.wachovia.com.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said Thursday morning that the central bank recently finalized a new organizational structure for its supervision and regulation division.
Almost 75% of brokers reported growing non-QM volume in their business over the last three years, and just 3.7% said volume decreased, according to AD Mortgage.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis' personal consumption expenditures inflation report for May showed that inflation had risen 4.1%, meeting elevated expectations and casting further doubt on the prospects of near-term interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
Critics of the OCC's broad preemption stance say the OCC is resurrecting an approach Congress curtailed after the financial crisis, setting up another Supreme Court test over the balance between federal banking powers and state consumer protections.
There's broad support for the effort to reduce costs and processes, but the Appraisal Institute warns about reducing property valuation quality control checks.
Foundation had introduced Version 3 of its credit risk model, using the most recent delinquency data, to improve loan performance predictions.
