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The two companies first started collaborating last year, but now BBVA has white-labeled Prosper’s technology on its own website.

If enacted, the rule will bring the agency into compliance with the GSEs and the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act.

FHA volumes, a key contributor to Ginnie Mae issuance, could fall as long as the refinancing boom continues — unless the FHA takes a step that could reverse that trend.

While moratoria keep foreclosures low compared to last year's rates, October activity jumped 20% from September, according to Attom Data Solutions.

With the 10-year Treasury yield getting a boost due to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine news this week, KBW predicts insurers and title underwriters will fare best as recovery continues.

Measures are needed to better address the next event-driven mortgage credit crisis that will likely occur when an even higher percentage of mortgage credit assets are owned by nonbank entities.

Plans for a first-time homebuyer tax credit and expanded affordable housing opportunities may be attractive to lenders, but they’re wary of increased regulation.

If Republicans keep their majority, the incoming administration will likely have to pick moderates over progressives to have any chance of getting its nominees approved.

The forbearance rate continued recovering in lockstep with employment improvement, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The former FDIC chief oversaw the resolution of hundreds of failed banks during the financial crisis and knows how to build relationships with regulators. Those skills could be crucial in helping Fannie exit federal control.

A number of unknowns about the election and the coronavirus response kept consumer confidence in check, according to Fannie Mae.

Problems with self-service tools and inconsistent communication have damaged consumer perception of their lender, J.D. Power said.

JPMorgan Chase is going on the “offensive” in mortgages as home prices rise across the country, said Marianne Lake, the bank’s chief executive for consumer lending.

FSOC’s statement on the FHFA’s proposed capital rule raises questions for market participants trying to anticipate a post-conservatorship secondary mortgage market, should the incoming administration go through with the GSEs’ exit from governmental control.

A White House-backed effort to free mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government control has been cast into doubt by former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory over President Trump.

Opening a bank or investment account — or even securing employment in a racism-free workplace — is out of reach for many Black Americans.

With a Democrat set to take the White House in January, the agenda for agencies like the CFPB could undergo a rapid transformation, housing finance reform could be turned on its head and progressive banking ideas that were unthinkable over the past four years could gain traction.

Under 2.9 million borrowers sit in coronavirus-related forbearance as GSE-backed mortgages drove the latest decrease, according to Black Knight.

The statement comes after multiple small and midsize institutions earlier this year warned the agencies that the secured overnight financing rate was ill-suited to them.

The new record in third-party originator hiring numbers adds to indications that some lenders have been leaning harder on the wholesale channel to address capacity issues amid the origination boom.