Industry watchers said a blue wave would stall GSEs’ recapitalization and exit from conservatorship and likely send FHFA Director Mark Calabria packing.

The MBA said a permanent, paid-for government backstop for agency mortgage-backed securities would be the ideal way to ensure a deep, liquid secondary mortgage market.

If the Senate doesn’t act quickly to extend the National Flood Insurance Program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s authority to provide new flood insurance contracts will lapse at the end of the month.

One of the key functions of the GSEs is to pool risk nationally for the benefit of underserved borrowers, and any capital framework for the enterprises has to build in this cross-subsidy, according to housing advocates.

The final version of the bill exempts mortgage licensees from the expanded oversight and enforcement authority the state agency will have.

After hearing the industry’s clamor, the FHFA delayed the 50-basis-point fee while also exempting low-balance loans.

Mortgage firms in California may face expanded scrutiny over unfair, deceptive and abusive practices, if the proposal passes through.

In 2008, there were 49 depositories with at least 51% Black ownership. By the first quarter of 2020, that number had fallen to just 21.

According to Ted Tozer, former Ginnie Mae president, lenders experienced aggressive disparate-impact litigation during the previous administration, resulting in initial support for revising the disparate impact rule.

At a congressional hearing, Democrats on a House subcommittee detailed instances where mortgage servicers provided initial relief for only 90 days compared to a 180-day mandate under the CARES Act.