Secondary markets

Frank Pallotta sold Wall Street services to lenders and later helped create programs to help underwater borrowers. Now he's running to represent a district both parties fight hard over.

Retiring Ellie Mae CEO Jonathan Corr and new ICE Mortgage Technologies President Joe Tyrrell discuss how the two companies will be merged.

The restrictions on the pooling of loans with any interest term based on Libor will be effective for traditional mortgage-backed securities issued starting Jan. 21, 2021, and earlier for reverse-mortgage securitizations.

Bondholders could see principal losses if, due to the way the documents are worded, the rate is frozen at the last published amount.

The deal brings yet another mortgage origination component under the same roof.

Electronic notes did come in handy this year given the mortgage industry's need to operate remotely, but they also increase the government-sponsored enterprises' responsibility for monitoring the risk of multiple counterparties.

After being approved, retroactively denied and having a second application rejected, the firm is appealing the decision with federal regulators.

Also the Federal Housing Administration, which is a key contributor of government-insured loans to Ginnie securitizations, recently set new conditions on mortgage applicants that have been in forbearance.

Uncertainties in the job market drove mortgage credit availability down again, falling to the lowest point since March 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The pandemic drives home the point that without those funds being siphoned off, the recent fee hikes would not be necessary.

As the end of the first six-month forbearance period arrives, the impact of the new cap is coming into focus.

Ginnie Mae helped to fund more than $70 billion in loans aimed at helping low- and moderate-income borrowers in July.

Thoma Bravo bought Ellie Mae last February and is selling it for a $7 billion gain.

The mortgage servicing rights package going up for bid adds to signs that the market for large offerings is becoming more active.

The government-sponsored enterprise reported net earnings of $2.55 billion, up from $461 million in the first quarter.

From guidelines for remote appraisal alternatives to the ways that forbearance affects borrowers' ability to get new loans, here are five examples of mortgage requirements that have been in flux since the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.

Optimal Blue is being combined with Compass Analytics.

Whalen: "It is tempting to think that low interest rates will cure all ills in the housing sector, but this view is seriously in error, as we learned in 2008."

The mortgage REIT's external manager responded by filing a new lawsuit against it, calling the move "baseless and retaliatory."

The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s plan to study the market explains very little about which activities or firms, like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will be designated as systemically important. Here's some clearer guidance.