Capital markets

The government-sponsored enterprises set a Sept. 30 deadline for sellers to accept applications for Libor adjustable-rate mortgages.

MCS isn’t the only distressed mortgage services entity gaining interest from investors as poor economic conditions threaten more hardships for homeowners.

Two more lenders, AmeriHome and Caliber, look to join Rocket and United Wholesale Mortgage, by raising capital through public stock offerings.

The government-sponsored enterprise's first multifamily sustainability bond transaction, totaling $600 million, is part of Freddie's K-Deal program.

The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization drew up the recommended wording in consultation with a group of lenders and investors after the passage of the Taxpayers First Act last year.

Frank Pallotta sold Wall Street services to lenders and later helped create programs to help underwater borrowers. Now he's running to represent a district both parties fight hard over.

Retiring Ellie Mae CEO Jonathan Corr and new ICE Mortgage Technologies President Joe Tyrrell discuss how the two companies will be merged.

Wholesale's technological capabilities and its scalability have been increasingly attractive to lenders given the recent surge in volume.

The restrictions on the pooling of loans with any interest term based on Libor will be effective for traditional mortgage-backed securities issued starting Jan. 21, 2021, and earlier for reverse-mortgage securitizations.

Bondholders could see principal losses if, due to the way the documents are worded, the rate is frozen at the last published amount.

The deal brings yet another mortgage origination component under the same roof.

Electronic notes did come in handy this year given the mortgage industry's need to operate remotely, but they also increase the government-sponsored enterprises' responsibility for monitoring the risk of multiple counterparties.

After being approved, retroactively denied and having a second application rejected, the firm is appealing the decision with federal regulators.

Also the Federal Housing Administration, which is a key contributor of government-insured loans to Ginnie securitizations, recently set new conditions on mortgage applicants that have been in forbearance.

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.