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The surging volatility in the world’s biggest bond market is challenging traders trying to play both tighter global monetary policy and a war-induced commodity price shock that’s raising the specter of 1970s-style stagflation.

In addition to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, persistent inflationary pressures and expected monetary policy moves are contributing to volatility.

Mortgage applications were up for the first time in over a month, with government refinances in particular seeing a sizable bump.

The current program, which included more than 580 separate operations to buy Treasuries and 1,200 to purchase mortgage-backed securities, has dwarfed all three of the Fed’s previous quantitative-easing programs combined.

A quarter-percent increase would eliminate more than a million buyers for median-priced homes according to the National Association of Home Builders.

If put into force, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s plan will severely impact the working capital and profitability of IMBs, and reduce volumes in the industry, Whalen argues.

The effect of the conflict and upcoming Fed announcements have left much of the industry guessing about what happens next.

Lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee clashed over the stalled nominations of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and four others Wednesday. It was a prelude to the fireworks that could occur Thursday when Powell is scheduled to testify before the Senate Banking Committee.

These standalone properties make up nearly half of all rental units and the financing of them by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should reflected in the Federal Housing Finance Agency's affordable housing goal calculations, writes Manchester.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have used the classic FICO score since 2003.

The overall number of applications decreased for the fourth straight week, but average loan sizes headed back up, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank expects to raise interest rates later this month to tackle hot inflation amid a tight labor market while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added uncertainty.

CoreLogic reported a 19.1% rise in annual appreciation but also noted that several of today’s hot markets are overvalued or at risk of declines.

Affordable housing and legal expert Sharifa Anderson returns to the government-sponsored enterprise after prior roles at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and HUD.

Optimal Blue researchers found correlations of 75% or more when looking at numbers of different loan-size cohorts, but the percentages came in lower when state data was analyzed.

Although forbearance exits are not yet complete, two arms of the Department of Housing and Urban Development have decided to make some temporary pandemic relief programs permanent.

Panorama Mortgage Group and Hunt Mortgage also appoint COOs, SitusAMC adds to its title sales team and non-QM lender Sprout finds head of TPO business with internal promotion.

Its modifications aim to help two government-sponsored mortgage investors manage risk and rebuild capital while retaining enough flexibility to fulfill their affordable housing missions, said the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s acting director, Sandra Thompson.

But the company turned its first full-year profit since 2013.

Fannie Mae delayed a scheduled residential mortgage bond on Thursday due to market volatility spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter.