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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is dismissing claims that loose monetary policy has led to rising home values and shrinking inventory and insists that the market is buoyed by creditworthy borrowers and investors.

A total of 480,000 customers may have been affected by the duplicate drafts and so far it looks like far fewer than 1% of them incurred non-sufficient funds fees, Mr. Cooper said Tuesday.

This is the first deal that serial acquirer FOA has announced since it went public on April 5.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has moved ahead with an earlier proposal to postpone the full adoption of the qualified-mortgage ability-to-repay rule, citing a need to maximize borrowers' credit access.

It would be available to homeowners making 80% or less of their area’s median income who weren't eligible to tap into low rates last year.

After a one-week reprieve, mortgage activity waned again with decreased demand for refinances and extremely low inventory for homebuyers.

The Dallas company will pay nearly $54 million for a 49% stake in a lender that operates in 10 states.

The modifiable templates are a follow-up to a similar notification the organization created in 2019 for lender use.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, seeks class action status.

The recent compression allays fears that lenders would have difficulty serving the needs of borrowers with time-sensitive purchase contracts during a peak season.

Despite home purchasing power growing for the 14th consecutive month in February, rising property values and mortgage rates are likely to influence would-be sellers to stay put, according to First American.

Property values climbed 12% in February, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index.

A new commercial-mortgage loan for seven facilities operated by the self-storage REIT is the largest of 41 loans in the conduit deal.

For a lot of IMBs facing shrinking backlogs and falling secondary market spreads, the attraction of hitting a bid and taking the easy way out via an acquisition may become irresistible, writes Chris Whalen.

The end of the refinancing boom and impending rise in rates are not the only challenges lenders face. As one observer put it, they "can't make loans on homes that don't exist."

System updates, which may be a result of changes to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements, have Community Home Lenders Association members saying loans that were approved previously are getting rejected when put back through.

The incident points to a risk mortgage companies should be aware of as they shift to digital servicing strategies.

At first the deal seemed an unlikely marriage of two mortgage-heavy companies. But acquiring the Michigan company would help New York Community accomplish its two chief goals — reducing deposit costs and its concentration of multifamily loans — while giving it the scale to pursue more deals.

However, conditions for commercial mortgages overall worsened slightly due to persistent concerns in the hotel and office sectors, a Moody’s Investors Service report found.

Despite falling from quarter to quarter, Flagstar’s mortgage revenues remained strong, while its servicing portfolio grew.