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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The latest runup alarmed lenders but offered some new servicing opportunities unique to this market that can benefit both sides of the business.
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ICE dropped its post-Dec. 31 SDK access fee as migration lags. Audit plugins, get written confirmation from ICE, budget for dual-running and weigh API-native rivals.
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Given current rates are higher than the MBA and Fannie Mae forecasts, the industry could see further downside risk to the housing outlooks in October.
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The serial entrepreneur, who also created Rapid Reporting and American Transfer & Trust, plans to remain active in industry causes, a LinkedIn post said.
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Almost 45% of buyers received a seller concession this summer, while more than 15% saw a reduction in the asking price to go along with it, according to Redfin.
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GDLP 2026-2 also has lower levels of initial credit enhancement compared to GDLP 2026-1, at 6.12% versus 5.74%; overcollateralization at 23.90% versus 24.92% and total gross excess spread of 5.55% versus 5.98%.
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