Secondary markets

A "Big 3" credit bureau is testing a direct data feed into a FICO score, and a top multifamily mortgage lender signed a multiyear contract with a high-profile fintech platform.

The company is acting nearly a month earlier than its competitors did in 2021, the first shot in this year's "loan limits wars."

A larger share of cash-out loans and slowing home-price growth is leading to expectations of more serious delinquencies down the road, according to Milliman.

This product, available throughout all of the company's channels, is characterized by interest-only payments over the first 10 years of the term.

Even though a Compass Point report states the pair have validated the credit scoring model and could implement it in the first quarter of 2023, interested parties would not verify it.

A mix of new distress and declining cures drove the uptick, according to dv01.

The numbers show that volume has been strong despite volatility in the market that at one point delayed a CRT deal from competitor Fannie Mae.

The government mortgage-bond insurer's technology initiative has made "huge strides" since June, when it relaunched with new flexibilities, President Alanna McCargo said.

In a letter addressed to the heads of the agency and of Ginnie Mae, the association asked them to consider recommendations made by a former government housing policy leader.

Updated counterparty requirements recently coordinated with the Federal Housing Finance Agency affect a constituency that has kept growing, albeit at a slightly slower pace, according to new mortgage-backed securities research.

Some housing numbers have been weaker than expected because affordability remains relatively low, outweighing slightly higher refinancing that has an upside for lenders but a potential downside for servicers.

Automating rent-based underwriting for single-family loans and offering incentives for multifamily borrowers who accept housing vouchers are just two ways Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are tackling the challenge of equitable housing.

New capital standards the government bond insurer added were lower than the ones in previously proposed rules that had riled lenders and servicers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency wants to change some of the government-sponsored enterprises' targets in ways that could create more low-income rental units as higher costs squeeze tenants.

A significant divergence between the FHFA and the Ginnie Mae issuer rules could greatly disrupt the secondary market — and that is precisely the outcome that now faces the mortgage industry, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Payment for the whole loan and servicing-rights trading platform will be a mix of cash and stock, with the price and closing of the deal subject to certain contingencies.

The REIT did not issue a securitization in the period because of the upheaval, but found a more receptive marketplace in July.

Mortgage companies will need to obtain and maintain relevant data on loans starting in March of next year even if they are only handling payment-related activity, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The new leaders named at the company highlight what appears to be some heavy recruiting from the ranks of executives who previously worked for a government-sponsored enterprise or a GSE joint venture.

The changes, which appear to be separate from a controversial nonbank proposal that's pending, will reduce red tape for credit unions and housing finance agencies and clarify a calculation for loans eligible for repurchase.