Underwriting

In the first two quarters of the year, the channel's lenders lost an average of 35 basis points for each origination.

The New York-based startup, which launched last year, processes $3 billion in annualized rent payments, and its Bilt Mastercard customers are spending at an annualized rate of $1.6 billion, Chief Executive Officer Ankur Jain said.

The regulator believes this transparency into the Uniform Appraisal Dataset records will help combat valuation bias.

However, Julia Gordon is now on the record saying that the agency is actively analyzing whether or not to do so, and it's considering the potential magnitude and composition of a reduction.

Approximately two years after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stopped accepting the troubled index, the government agency is looking to approve the Structured Overnight Financing Rate for adjustable rate mortgages.

The development, touted as an industry-first, is the latest move by the government-sponsored enterprises to expand housing opportunities for first-time and underserved homebuyers.

The Detroit-based lender said the program will "accelerate loan purchases" and "eliminate significant costs" for its partners

The introduction of utility, cable and telco payment information follows noticeable growth in the past year toward the inclusion of rental history in underwriting.

Loan officers say that the platform discourages them from originating loans.

The letter, sent under the banner of the Black Homeownership Coalition, is the second in two months sent by the trade group in its ongoing campaign.