Secondary markets

The announcement, made at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Secondary and Capital Markets Conference, underscores Ginnie Mae's role at the forefront of digitization efforts in the capital markets space.

Some of the points in last week's Financial Stability Oversight Council report on mortgage servicing overstate potential risk posed by IMBs, writes the Executive Director of the Community Home Lenders of America.

The engine, rebranded as ICE PPE, was considered not as robust as the Optimal Blue product it was forced to sell in the Black Knight deal.

Stakeholders are watching carefully as the 2023 crisis and a capital proposal increase banker wariness of mortgage assets, speakers at Invisso's MBS Forum said.

There's temporary leeway on formal compliance with replacement-cost value requirements in order to sort out insurer concerns with a recent re-emphasis on them.

Freddie's plan "has merit," but if also used by Fannie, it might create competition for many closed-end, second liens in PL RMBS, according to new research.

The Federal Open Market Committee thinks that confusing everyone completely is good for confidence, that intangible but entirely necessary ingredient for financial stability, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

The 2022 vintage had a higher percentage of purchase mortgages, as well as 30-year fixed-rate loans versus the 2021 production, an annual Federal Housing Finance Agency report said.

The enterprise was able to improve on its year-over-year number for loan purchases and earnings in the seasonally weak period, but both were down on a consecutive quarter basis.

The investment giant said its direct-to-consumer channel will offer ancillary products in preparation for any future refinance environment.

But strong g-fees, a positive credit-loss adjustment and stable home prices bolstered results despite declines in mortgage purchases to lows not seen in some time.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency rule originally proposed last year aims to make it tougher to roll back measures designed to encourage more equitable lending.

The Biden Administration's title waiver pilot has started a broader discussion on whether the product is worth the money paid or even needed at all and can be replaced by an alternative.

Elevated delinquency levels have not affected expected losses, however, due to home price appreciation, Fitch Ratings said.

A special committee is exploring any possible structural "strategic alternatives," which would be aimed at increasing shareholder value, the real estate investment trust said.

An insurance-indexed debt-to-income ratio could help mitigate borrowers' rising premiums, and help maintain a healthy servicing portfolio, experts said.

McCargo stabilized the agency at a crucial time as she helped navigate it through both a pandemic and subsequent dramatic interest-rate cycle change.

The quasi-public entity's plan to buy certain closed-end seconds would constitute "unnecessary government encroachment," the Structured Finance Association said.

The nonpayment rate for non-qualified mortgages is up 21 basis points from February and 134 basis points from March 2023, Morningstar DBRS said.

The government mortgage-bond guarantor will require additional information on foreclosure prevention actions, and retire some forbearance reporting.