Secondary markets

The increases set to go into effect in February help some offset breaks for first-time buyers but also limit options for existing borrowers.

However, a tiered pricing system will limit an inflation-driven increase to under 10% for a small group of originators.

While Bids Wanted in Competition have been used by MBS sellers in the past, a lack of standardization of data points has reduced competition and price, the organization said.

Nonbanks will probably see the least change, while securitization lenders, depositories and REITs are likely to experience the most, an Urban Land Institute survey suggests.

Mortgage bonds are close to the cheapest they've been since the financial crisis by some measures, and money managers like Pacific Investment Management Co. are betting that prices have fallen far enough to make the securities a great buy now. 

Two vendors have added non-agency mortgage and co-issue servicing sales respectively, and a government agency has confirmed that it's working on overcoming a hurdle to more scalable eNote use.

However, the downturn will be brief and housing will lead the way out, the government-sponsored enterprise concluded.

Scores will be assigned to all loan pools created since 2010, including future securitizations, and are expected to help investors determine the share of mortgages meeting specific characteristics.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage saw an average rise of 6 basis points that was higher than the overall gain, according to a retrospective report issued Wednesday.

The agency failed to fulfill some watchdog recommendations and get reports related to "human capital" and diversity finalized, the annual analysis found.

The government mortgage-bond insurer's requirements that restrict investor involvement are likely the greatest challenge to finding more purchasers of MSRs, experts said at a servicing conference Monday.

If rights holders have to sell these assets because of the Ginnie Mae capital rule, it will increase rates for lower income consumers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is reducing the amount lenders can sell to a government-sponsored enterprise by $3 billion next year.

The company was profitable on a net basis but took a comprehensive loss linked to market volatility's effect on mortgage bonds.

The package, which Incenter is brokering on behalf of an unnamed mortgage banker, is primarily concentrated in California and Colorado.

The company is floating the possibility of selling a portion of its loan portfolio to free up liquidity in coming months, leaders said.

The government-sponsored enterprise put more money aside as mortgage interest rates rise and home prices start to decline.

While credit risk has been kept under control to date, the government-sponsored enterprise's leaders said Tuesday that they are concerned it could be on the verge of an uptick.

Both sides in the litigation over 2012 Federal Housing Finance Agency amendments to stock purchase agreements say they're weighing their options.

The writing on the wall says the market will deteriorate further, the company's executives said in a written statement.