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 bill, which is meant to free up housing supply locked in by high mortgage rates, does not include assumable mortgages which stick with the property.
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The lender disclosed a big investment, plus hefty, albeit declining, origination volume but revealed a major hedge-related net loss it blamed on the failed bid.
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The online lender said its national bank will become the "primary originator," displacing the banks that are lenders of record. Loan buyers keep their role.
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Supporters of mutual banks are lining up behind a proposed regulatory overhaul. The Fed's plan would make it easier for depositor-owned banks to raise capital.
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The lender specifies a broad range for penalties but filings by the third-party originator's attorneys cite testimony where the specific formula is unclear.
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The Federal Reserve governor said inflation is too high but said she ultimately voted last week to hold interest rates steady to give recent economic trends more time to play out.
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