Mortgages

In the derivatives markets, they've started pricing in that the Fed will carry out just four — or five at the most — quarter-point rate cuts in 2024, only slightly more than the three penciled in by policymakers.

Institutions obtaining financing from the FHLB that's secured by their mortgages can now use the advanced score to underwrite collateral loans.

In a surprise move this week, banking veteran Sandro DiNello was appointed executive chairman of the embattled Long Island-based company, whose stock plummeted in the face of questions about its financial health.

An increase in conventional lending products drove the upturn, but the overall reading of the Mortgage Bankers Association index still landed near the longtime low from late 2023.

The year-over-year gain was 1.3 percentage points higher in the most recent period compared with the third quarter last year, the National Association of Realtors found.

Other servicing gains helped Mr. Cooper profit despite negative mark-to-market valuations and cyberattack costs that led to lower consecutive-quarter results.

Only a few dozen mortgage firms could likely afford the $7 million ad for this year's big game, a marketing veteran said.

The quarterly rise in late payments on Federal Housing Administration loans was more than five times the increase for home loans overall.

The wholesale giant meanwhile is suing four partners for selling loans to Rocket Mortgage and Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., in violation of its 2021 decree.

The original lawsuit was one of several filed in 2014 in a coordinated effort among federal and state regulators aimed at fraudsters trying to cheat distressed mortgage borrowers.

Fannie Mae is implementing a new prohibition for traditional valuations and addressing the possibility of the National Flood Insurance Program lapsing.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council is concerned over liquidity of these companies, especially if a warehouse lender was to pull its lines, leading to a failure.

While the Freddie Mac survey reported just a 1 basis point increase from last week, Zillow's tracker found a 30 basis point rise in the 30-year fixed, more reflective of what happened in the bond market.

The added revenue from servicing plus the data and analytics segment helped to improve the quarter-to-quarter results at the mortgage technology behemoth.

The top five states have an average realtor commission rate of 6.04%.

Known by his nickname Buz, John Gorman helped the Conference of State Bank Supervisors launch its nationwide cooperative agreement in 2006 and the National Multistate Licensing System for mortgage lenders two years later.

The real estate investment trust lowered its dividend to 25 cents a share after the company realized a nearly $59 million loss on a Philadelphia office loan.

Views on mortgage rates and job security outweigh the pessimism about affordability and the economy, Fannie Mae found.

Markdowns on its MSR portfolios drove the company into the red, even as originations and servicing operations both saw profits.

While refinances shot up, purchase lending saw a second weekly pullback according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.