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Some respondents reprised calls for a return to more flexible capital rules and portfolio-level cross-subsidization. Others see danger in such a move.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is adding advanced models that include rental payment histories and trended data, but others tap cell phone or consumer-permissioned bank data.

Removing such debt information from consumer reports generated an uptick in home loan inquiries in one study and other industries have found advanced score use pays off.

The new entity from Roc360 will be an outlet for loans produced by the company and its two recently acquired businesses, Civic Financial and Finance of America Commercial.

The verdict ends a decade-long lawsuit over the Federal Housing Finance Agency's amendment to a stock repurchase agreement in 2012.

Industry executives coming off a tough year are wondering what the transition will cost and how many borrowers it'll bring in.

This first step in updating borrower assessments was seen as the easiest and could reduce costs, but stakeholders fear change that reduces data inputs.

The agency's president, Alanna McCargo, called the nonbank liquidity issue "the biggest of our time," while speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center Tuesday.

The REIT issued its second securitization of the year in June, while also purchasing or locking $50 million in newly originated loans.

Product availability for July remained at levels last seen in 2013 as rates briefly broke above the 7% mark during the month, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The new technology expands the capabilities of automation used to obtain digital transcript information from self-employed borrowers.

Their links to the Treasury have been considered a source of strength and still are, but less so, according to one rating agency. Others disagree.

A second quarter profit followed two fiscal periods in the red, but the firm had to overcome a $33 million negative mortgage-servicing rights valuation.

The move was "not being driven by fundamental credit, capital or liquidity deterioration at the firms," the firm said.

But the senior housing portfolio is starting to show signs of significant stress, causing the multifamily sector's delinquency rate to rise by 200% year-over-year.

Hedging affected earnings available for distribution, although the company is now profitable again using standard accounting.

But the government-sponsored enterprise is still concerned about the fiscal health of its lender counterparties as volumes are down considerably from last year.

But mortgage numbers remain historically very low and fall short of pre-pandemic levels, according to VantageScore's latest monthly report.

The new regulations could increase the influx of non-agency mortgages the REIT has seen since the banking crisis spurred some depositories to shed residential assets.

The association thinks this could simplify and manage the costs of two new pending credit requirements by allowing companies to add the one that's been through a price hike second.