I'm starting to hear plenty of complaints about the SAFE Act and how it treats residential loan officers for banks quite differently than LOs working for nonbanks licensed by the states. As one trade group official told me: "We're looking at this and wondering how the heck did it get passed?" More on this story shortly. Meanwhile, the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond continues to fall. At press time it was 3.56% but our Wall Street editor Bonnie Sinnock informs me that although the Treasury yield is dropping, not necessarily so for MBS rates. Stay tuned...
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Economic uncertainty weighed on risk appetite, but the current performance of the non-QM market is "durable," Angel Oak leaders said in an earnings call.
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CrossCountry defended its lower bid for Two Harbors, looking to refute UWM's arguments regarding the status of its financing for the all-cash offer.
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The company revised the deal after consulting with Ginnie Mae and reported lower earnings due to rate volatility, refinancing and FHA delinquencies.
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Here are the 50 most prolific mortgage originators in the U.S. as measured by units produced, according to the 2026 National Mortgage News Top Producers survey.
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The GSEs' financials are strong but odds are against a short-term change to conservatorship that would give stockholders access to their profits, Mizuho said.
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The promotion offers rate cuts as much as 25 basis points on new-home purchases as well as rate-and-term and cash-out refinance loans from May 4 through May 17.
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