Secondary markets

Sonu Mittal reflects on how technology can improve fraud prevention and Freddie Mac's efforts help make loans safer and less expensive .

The Department of Housing and Urban Development agency warned in an online notice that issuers with prepayments exceeding certain limits could face sanctions.

KBRA recently assigned low-end investment grade designations to Freedom Mortgage and Pennymac transactions that involve interests in Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights.

Audited financials, proof of fidelity bonds and errors and omissions insurance must be provided on Ginnie Mae Central after May 13.

The board has reduced some aspects of Rithm CEO Michael Nierenberg's pay, but also significantly raised the performance-based component.

A trio of Republican Congressmen stated they will investigate how the program got fast-tracked by the Biden Administration.

Some mortgage companies had to write down values in the fourth quarter due to increased prepayment risk, but many loans haven't been exposed to that concern.

The Mortgage Bankers Association would like Fannie Mae to move toward the fee-based structure Freddie is testing.

Here's how the former regulator thinks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could exit conservatorship and where he sees the residential market headed this year and next.

The momentum created in the fourth quarter is continuing during the first months of this year and is likely to continue throughout 2024, according to Dv01's Vadim Verkhoglyad.