“I’m tired of having the AMC acting as my pimp," said one appraiser. "The current situation is ruining the appraisal profession and turning appraisers into whores for the AMCs."
The 16.4 percent increase was more likely due to the fact that a huge number of reverse mortgages closed in November and December but were not insured by FHA until January, said one lender.
Up until the housing crash of 2008, it was not uncommon for many warehouse lenders to extend lines of credit to buy MSRs or finance the holding of the asset.
“I understand this is the largest attended ABA compliance conference. You’re welcome,” dead-panned CFPB official Steve Antonakes. “We'll see what we can do this year to boost your numbers a little more next year.”
We’re hearing unconfirmed reports that the Federal Housing Finance Agency may not hire a chief executive and chairman for the common securitization platform project after all…