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The agency’s plan to extend the "qualified mortgage" stamp of approval to more loans could help lenders that rely on alternative data and cushion the blow of other QM changes for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

But federal elections and the pandemic make projections on the sustainability of industry profitability especially tricky.

The pandemic drives home the point that without those funds being siphoned off, the recent fee hikes would not be necessary.

This proposed Libor replacement is an imaginary, backward-looking benchmark dreamed up by the economists at the Fed with no discernible market.

Following its deadline for written comments on the topic last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is scheduling events that will focus on two key themes emerging in responses.

Neither side opted to invoke their Aug. 31 termination rights and the deal is set to close by the end of September.

Cannae and Senator said they are looking to stop CoreLogic from unilaterally cancelling a vote on changing the members of its board.

Arch's second CRT transaction this year to obtain indemnity reinsurance for mortgage-insurance premiums comes at a time it is also experiencing rising 60-plus-day delinquencies on its outstanding securitized pools.

Also: NMN analyzes political donations from the industry, foreclosure and eviction ban extended to year's end.

Blackstone Group, which led Wall Street's initial foray into the single-family rental business, is making a new investment in suburban houses at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is pressuring traditional commercial real estate.