The gap between when prepayment proceeds are received and when the funds must be transferred to agencies provides an opportunity for servicers to use the funds for forbearance-related advance payments.

Warehouse credit flows downhill: from the financier to the nonbank lender to the consumer. But with the pandemic stoking new economic fears, some providers are tightening their standards, like market leaders JPM and FH.

The economic impact of the coronavirus is smacking headlong into two unmovable trends: the growth of the Ginnie servicing market and the expansion of nonbank servicers. (Includes two data charts.)

A lack of consistent post-forbearance options may pose additional risks for the industry, particularly for loans owned by Fannie and Freddie.

Nonbank liquidity remained a contentious issue this week with the FHFA shutting the Fannie/Freddie assistance window as the coronavirus continued to hammer the U.S. economy. Solutions? Maybe the Fed.

In the coronavirus era, mortgage forbearance is the watchword. But just how many loans will go that route? Will Ginnie Mae get swamped?

The nonbank mortgage sector appeared to be whistling by the graveyard earlier this week because of liquidity concerns sparked by the pandemic. For now, crisis has been averted but the situation is fluid.

As the economic crisis precipitated by the coronavirus heats up, residential lenders have tightened their underwriting guidelines.

The mortgage market remained unsettled as the coronavirus damaged the U.S. economy and lenders weighed their options. The Fed came to the rescue with liquidity measures but fears regarding nonbanks persist.

Some 60% of last year's agency single-family business came from markets that are now under shelter-in-places mandated by state governors. (Includes data chart.)