Ginnie Mae hasn’t had a “confirmed” president since early 2017. Is that about to change?

Ginnie Mae delinquency rates fell across the board during the first quarter of 2021, though still higher than a year ago. Solid growth in the VA market could not offset slumping FHA servicing. (Includes four data charts.)

Freedom Mortgage removed $32.1 billion of home loans from Ginnie MBS during the first quarter, mostly due to borrower payoffs. (Includes data chart.)

A downpayment assistance bill, which is still just a “discussion draft,” has the potential to provide $20,000 to first-generation homebuyers.

Brian Montgomery, former HUD deputy secretary, urged the Biden administration to focus on issues such as forbearance. A pandemic is not the time for “heavy-handed enforcement,” he said.

Two bills introduced in the House this week have the potential of increasing a homebuyer’s access to an FHA-insured mortgage.

The new timeline moves the moratorium’s expiration deadline, as well as the timeframe for a borrower to request an initial COVID-19 forbearance by three months to June 30.

The profit gods were kind to FHA/VA lender Quicken Loans and its parent company. Can the good times last?

Ginnie Mae MBS at the end of 2020 included $773.5 billion of VA loans, a 9.5% increase from the previous year, while the FHA sector posted a 4.2% decline over that period. (Includes four data charts.)

The forbearance reading for portfolio loans and private label securities worsened, increasing by 26 basis points to 8.94% as of Jan. 17.