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Wholesale Lenders Need to Pay Attention To Fair Lending Risks in Broker Pricing
The Department of Justice’s recent fair lending settlement with two subsidiaries of American International Group has put mortgage lenders on...
from Inside Mortgage Profitability

Fed in Final Approach to Soft Landing On Massive MBS Acquisition Campaign
The Federal Reserve is gliding toward the end of its $1.250 trillion effort to save the agency MBS market, but the program’s effect on the market is...
from Inside MBS & ABS

Use of Prequalification, Worksheet Slammed
Federal housing regulators have warned major mortgage lenders against using pre-qualifications and worksheets on undecided borrowers as a...
from Inside Regulatory Strategies

GSE IO Activity Decreased Significantly In 2009; Freddie to Discontinue Completely
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac significantly curtailed their purchases and securitization of interest-only mortgages in recent years, according to a new...
from Inside B&C Lending

FHA Delinquency Still Raising Eyebrows
While the FHA delinquency rates are at record highs, government data on the cure rates of those delinquent loans show that the problem may not be...
from Inside FHA Lending

Mortgage, Asset Securitization Volume Subdued In Early 2010, But Pace Still Ahead of Last Year
New issuance of mortgage- and asset-backed securities in the first two months of 2010 was well above the depressed pace set by the market early...
from Inside MBS & ABS

Credit Expenses Replace Fair Value as Culprit
You know things are bad for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac when the best that can be said about their economic performances is that their losses are coming...
from Inside The GSEs

Banks Hit With Heavy Mortgage Repurchase Demands in 2009
Banking organizations were pressed to buy back a record $18.85 billion of mortgage loans during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a new analysis of call...
from Inside Mortgage Profitability

Banks Increased MBS Holdings in Late 2009, But Ability to Cover Fed Withdrawal Unclear
Commercial banks increased their holdings of mortgage securities in late 2009, although it remains to be seen how big a force the industry will be in absorbing new...
from Inside MBS & ABS

Industry Adjusting Slowly to RESPA Change
It has in no way been easy, but mortgage lenders are slowly coming to grips with the sweeping new consumer protection and disclosure...
from Inside Regulatory Strategies

     

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‘Agency Jumbo’ Originations Accounted for Modest Share of Booming Agency Mortgage Market in 2009
Over half of the big-ticket single-family mortgages originated in 2009 were financed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHA, but so-called agency jumbo lending still made up...
from Inside Mortgage Finance

House Bill Would Implement Changes to FHA, Fees, Indemnification Authority for Bad Loans
Draft legislation introduced in the House this week would give the Department of Housing and Urban Development more flexibility in setting FHA annual premiums, authority to...
from Inside Mortgage Finance

Industry Groups Accuse HUD of Overstepping SAFE Act Authority in Proposing Licensure for Loan Mod Specialists
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is exceeding its authority under the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act by proposing to require the...
from Inside Mortgage Finance

Servicers Still Coping With HAMP And Looking to Other Mod Programs
Servicers have been hamstrung by several aspects of the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program, and as they look for ways to opt out of the massive...
from Inside Mortgage Finance

GSEs’ MI Risk Exposure Shows No Improvement As Outstanding Receivables Jump from 2008 Levels
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac not only have to deal with pushing an increasing number of loans back to seller servicers, they also are reporting a rising volume of outstanding...
from Inside Mortgage Finance

DOJ Claims to Break Ground by Holding AIG Liable for Failing to Monitor Broker Pricing
The fair lending settlement recently announced between two mortgage units at American International Group and the Department of Justice puts more legal liability on wholesale...
from Inside Mortgage Finance

Appraisal Groups Cite Mortgage Fraud Fears In Opposing Obama’s Short Sales Program
Four organizations representing more than 35,000 real estate appraisers told the Obama administration they are worried that the new government short sale program – particularly...
from Inside Mortgage Finance

Private Mortgage Insurance
Inside Mortgage Finance has made minor changes in private mortgage insurance ranking data based on additional survey information made available in the past few weeks...
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Mortgage Market at a Glance
Weekly mortgage rates and application survey data as well as indexes for ARMs.
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