When the measure was first introduced, one housing lobbyist quipped: “This is like someone laying on their death after drinking and sinning and finally realizing they need to get baptized. This is not being introduced for good political reasons.”
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae saw a slight increase in their share of big-ticket mortgage lending in the third quarter as the non-agency jumbo sector cooled, according to an Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. [Includes three data charts.]