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The senior vice president for capital markets at the Housing Policy Council died Saturday after sustaining critical injuries a week prior.

Fannie Mae also will be making a four-figure adjustment available next month and Freddie Mac is contemplating expanding its program to a new income tier.

But Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac conducted no private-market sales of nonperforming loans early last year as adjustments were made to the program.

Some large Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac portfolios have gone to market recently and an unusual Ginnie Mae multifamily and healthcare package is up for sale too.

Two Harbors, which also reported a gain in comprehensive income, recently completed an acquisition that made it the eighth largest conventional servicer.

In the wake of the Surfside condo collapse, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae instituted stricter rules regarding the soundness of this crucial form of housing stock as it ages. In response to complaints about a lack of clarity on buildings deemed unfit for financing, the GSE unveiled plans to improve transparency for both homeowners associations and lenders. 

A new "Social MBS" label will be applied to eligible single-family collateral from both government-sponsored enterprises based on a new mission index score.

The prepayment metric on the single-family issuer operational performance profile had been displaying outdated information.

"Someone somewhere has not taken a victory lap for the work that has been done to rehabilitate the enterprises." Priscilla Almodovar said in a Bloomberg interview.

If the presumed Republican nominee regains the White House and his party takes control of Congress, investors are betting the conservatorships will finally end.

The escalating case would set a new precedent if it established fiduciary duties for entities that manage securitized mortgages that pension funds invest in.

Separately, the agency said it could develop a new type of reverse mortgage securitization, and another RMF development that could affect the bank emerged.

Interest rate-related developments have reportedly created an environment where more mortgage firms are interested in selling and investors are eager to buy.

Meanwhile, issuance in the far smaller private-label residential mortgage-backed securities market has shown relative strength so far this year, as forecast.

The company took on the established vendors with its LOS. It's now officially starting to fulfill its longtime plan to do something similar with servicing tech.

Industry consolidation has resulted in fewer conventional and government loan programs being offered to consumers.

December's shift in Federal Reserve policy gave a notable boost to the share of consumer respondents who think the affordability of home financing will improve.

Over one-quarter of consumers said they are open to making misstatements to get a house, while 60% gave an answer besides absolutely not when asked if they would follow advice to put in misleading information.

The former chairman of Ocwen and once-related Altisource businesses is filling the role vacated last year by Jason Kopcak and then interim CEO Danya Sawyer.

The delinquency rate that Kroll Bond Rating Agency tracks improved last month but JER's recent Chapter 11 filing and 2024 forecasts suggest it's still under pressure.