Ranieri: Government Retribution Against Lenders Must Stop, Dont Hold Your Breath for GSE Solution
June 20, 2013
Some industry experts say mortgage executives will not feel safe about originating or securitizing more than a miniscule amount of non-agency loans until the government stops taking retribution against the housing finance industry for the sins of the housing bust. Lewis Ranieri, who helped launched the mortgage-backed security business, said the biggest victims of the mortgage crisis are minority borrowers and young workers who no longer qualify for credit because of tight underwriting guidelines promulgated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since they went into conservatorship back in September 2008. But tight underwriting isnt the sole problem, Ranieri argued...