OMB Seeks Cancellation of Portion of NFIP Debt. The Trump administration is asking Congress to cancel $16 billion of the National Flood Insurance Program’s current $23 billion debt to the Department of the Treasury so that it can continue providing subsidized flood insurance to mortgagors. The Office of Management and Budget made its request along with several legislative reform proposals in a recent letter to Vice President Michael Pence. The proposed debt cancellation and the reforms aim to place the NFIP on sound financial footing and expand the use of private flood insurance. The NFIP’s debt burden is expected to spike with claims from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. OMB Director Mick Mulvaney warned that NFIP funding could run out by the end of October, including its $30.4 billion in borrowing authority, and leave the program unable to pay claims. Cancellation of the ...

Fannie and Freddie saw a 26.7 percent jump in insured first-timer loans…

Private mortgage insurers captured a larger share of the purchase-mortgage market during the third quarter of 2017 as the credit profile of new FHA production tilted toward riskier business, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securitized $64.59 billion of purchase loans with private MI coverage during the third quarter, a 28.5 percent jump from the previous period. That was substantially greater than the ... [Includes three data charts]

“I’m not sure why there’s been such an escalation of it [the FCA],” said Carson.

There’s still no word from the White House on when it will nominate industry executive David Kittle to be the next president of Ginnie Mae...

CIT Group will take a charge of up to $50 million on the sale of Financial Freedom...

The agency single-family MBS market continued cranking along during the third quarter of 2017, but other sectors in structured finance saw weakening issuance, according to an exclusive new analysis and ranking by Inside MBS & ABS. Some $407.55 billion of MBS and ABS – excluding collateralized debt obligations and agency credit-risk transfer deals – were issued during the third quarter. That was off 4.9 percent from the previous three-month period and it ... [Includes three data charts]

Roughly 9.8 percent of Ginnie Mae’s outstanding MBS portfolio may be potentially at risk due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, according to data released recently by the agency. The tally represents the number of Ginnie loans and their unpaid principal balance amounts in the presidentially declared disaster areas in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A total of 1.066 million mortgages with a UPB of $184.5 billion have been affected. Ginnie’s current MBS portfolio totals $1.9 trillion

The GSEs and Ginnie Mae remain the dominant forces in the MBS/ABS market. Their combined single-family issuance hit $346.98 billion in 3Q17…

Still, the deal world grinds forward. “Ten days ago, sales were dead, but interest is picking up again,” said Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group…