Capital markets

Companies in the government mortgage market that serves low income, entry-level buyers are facing higher forbearance rates and more financial strain than others, making homeownership increasingly unattainable as credit remains tight.

After massive fundraises and IPO rumors swirled, the originator and servicer announced it will merge with Aurora Acquisition Corp. and go public in the fourth quarter of 2021.

While the product was hard to find after the start of the pandemic, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent changes to Appendix Q are giving a pair of large wholesalers the chance to offer it as a qualified mortgage.

The company is shifting some of its conforming-focused call center resources not just into the growing non-QM channel but to Veterans Affairs products as well.

The real estate investment trust has been buying residential business-purpose loans from the company since 2017.

Fluctuating rules are redirecting some government-related loans to a disparate private market.

Loans bought on the secondary market have become increasingly important as borrower demand has ebbed and companies have sought to obtain mortgages through additional outlets to maintain production levels.

Only $89 billion of the $362 billion in new single-family volume came from purchase mortgages.

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.

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.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s new limits on loans secured by investor properties and second homes may put pressure on applicants to misrepresent their occupancy status.

The mortgage real estate investment trust has been a first-mover regarding innovations in the private securitized market, and others tend to follow its lead.

Gene Thompson goes to deciding what the company's next steps are, rather than implementing them.

An interactive dialogue with Founder and CEO of NorthOne on the fintech industry, the growing needs of challenger banks, and the future of SMB banking.

The diverse group of loans in the servicing rights portfolio offers a potentially attractive recapture opportunity and would be a sizable transaction for their era.

The digital lender’s valuation ballooned to $6 billion from $4 billion less than five months after closing a $200 million fundraise.

The financial-technology firm Plaid is close to a new round of funding at a valuation of about $13 billion, almost three months after scrapping its sale to Visa, according to people familiar with the matter.

Securitization is a sound delivery model for any lender when combined with adequate research and preparation and it offers unique benefits, too — especially in terms of greater control and efficiencies, writes Black Knight’s managing director of pipeline analytics, James Baublitz.

But UWM says the provision is designed to protect against a broker double-locking the loan and is used by other lenders.

Volumes were at a record high in the final quarter of 2020 but lenders didn’t make quite as much since gains on loan sales to the secondary market fell.