New residential loan applications fell 12.3 percent for the week ending Dec. 14 with the reading on its refinancing index dropping to the lowest level in just over a month, according to new survey figures compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The refi share of all new business fell to 83 percent from 84 percent the week prior. MBA vice president of research Mike Fratantoni blamed the decline on rates which rose during the second
PHH Mortgage and an affiliate have renewed a $450 million warehouse line with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. for another year but reduced another facility it had with Barclays Bank PLC, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investors with nearly $1 trillion of holdings of non-agency mortgage-backed securities are concerned about the Obama administrations latest loan modification proposal, according to Tom Deutsch, executive director of the American Securitization Forum.
Bexil American Mortgage has finally obtained its Ginnie Mae servicer approval and this week inked a deal to purchase a small nonbank lender whose identity it, so far, has not been revealed.
The Obama administration may want to think twice before moving ahead with reported plans to replace Edward DeMarco, the Federal Housing Finance Agencys acting director, says a long time industry observer.
Residential servicers, in certain cases, will need to navigate substantial legal and regulatory crosscurrents when it comes to new and pending federal and state requirements, a representative for the nations largest loan processor told participants during a recent webinar sponsored by Inside Mortgage Finance.
Freddie Mac acquired $62.5 billion of mortgages from its seller/servicers in November, its best purchase month since June 2009, according to figures released by the secondary market giant.