Capital markets

The increase reflects a broader trend that rating agency analysts are watching closely as depository ties to other types of financial institutions grow.

Panelists at the Mortgage Bankers Association's conference credited investors for helping create the conditions strengthening performance of non-QM portfolios.

The president said he would consult with the heads of Treasury, the Commerce Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency he comes to a decision.

Getting settlement agents and other stakeholders involved was a challenge, but e-note use has finally become routine for some mortgage lenders buying loans.

The size of typical bulk MSR deals trading has shrunk, according to panelists at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Secondary and Capital Markets Conference.

An explicit guarantee for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cause the risk weighting of agency MBS to decline, in turn freeing up banks' balance sheets.

Discrepancies between servicer and investor systems have been rare recently but the dollar amounts involved magnify the impact, according to PMSI's CEO.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency chief also explained an alternate name he's used for the agency in his first speech at a Mortgage Bankers Association event.

COO Joseph Gormley weighed in on cuts at the securitization guarantor and efforts to improve the industry's efficiencies and the government's.

The Mortgage Bankers Association latest forecast reflects the industry's current views on where their business is going, said Mike Fratantoni.