Capital markets

The GSEs began sharing their risk with the private market in new ways during conservatorship, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s proposed capital framework currently discourages the use of those strategies. Industry leaders voiced concerns in a FHFA listening session this week.

Uncertainties in the job market drove mortgage credit availability down again, falling to the lowest point since March 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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

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.

As the end of the first six-month forbearance period arrives, the impact of the new cap is coming into focus.

Ginnie Mae helped to fund more than $70 billion in loans aimed at helping low- and moderate-income borrowers in July.

Thoma Bravo bought Ellie Mae last February and is selling it for a $7 billion gain.

The mortgage servicing rights package going up for bid adds to signs that the market for large offerings is becoming more active.

Fintechs are facing unique challenges in the pandemic. There might be a resurgence in funding on the horizon, but startups are looking to see what they can do now to weather the storm.

The government-sponsored enterprise reported net earnings of $2.55 billion, up from $461 million in the first quarter.

The private equity megalith's mortgage trust made a second-quarter net income of over $17.5 million and $85.2 million in core earnings.

From guidelines for remote appraisal alternatives to the ways that forbearance affects borrowers' ability to get new loans, here are five examples of mortgage requirements that have been in flux since the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.

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Whalen: "It is tempting to think that low interest rates will cure all ills in the housing sector, but this view is seriously in error, as we learned in 2008."

The mortgage REIT's external manager responded by filing a new lawsuit against it, calling the move "baseless and retaliatory."

The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s plan to study the market explains very little about which activities or firms, like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will be designated as systemically important. Here's some clearer guidance.

The measures currently ensuring mortgage companies have sufficient cash to cover advances aren't necessarily sustainable, warns Ted Tozer, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute and a former government official.

Issuers approved for the program will receive written authority to use "digital collateral" for a limited number of securitizations.

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Any intention that Ginnie Mae may have had to slow prepayment rates by changing the rules on RPLs seems to be thwarted by the grim economic reality facing the big banks.