Short Takes: Forbearance Steady / ICE Facilitates Reconsiderations of Value / New Loan Limits for Manufactured Housing / Figure’s Lender Breaks From Figure’s Tech Company March 19, 2024 Brandon Ivey Some 0.22% of mortgage borrowers were in forbearance as of the end of February.Read More
MBA: Steep Origination Losses for 4Q23, Just 29% of Lenders are Profitable March 18, 2024 Paul Muolo MBA said lenders were unable to "sufficiently adjust resources to align with fluctuating rates and volumes"...Read More
Banks Add to Whole-Loan Holdings in Fourth Quarter March 15, 2024 John Bancroft Banks, thrifts and credit unions ended the year with $3.551 trillion of unsecuritized home loans on their books, a gain of 0.8% from the third quarter.Read More
Short Takes: NAR Settles Commission Litigation / Servicing Stats / Hearing to Look at Homebuyers / Housing Improving March 15, 2024 John Bancroft and Brandon Ivey NAR's settlement essentially eliminates the requirement for home sellers to pay a fee to the homebuyer's real estate agent.Read More
Guild Takes Losses on Originations, Servicing in 4Q March 13, 2024 Brandon Ivey Originations declined as did the value of the nonbank's MSR portfolio.Read More
Another Tough Quarter for loanDepot March 13, 2024 Paul Muolo Companywide, revenue last year came in at $974.0 million, down 22.3% from 2022.Read More
Short Takes: Foreclosures Decline / MSR Offering / New CEO at AmeriHome / Details on Fannie’s NPL Sale March 13, 2024 Brandon Ivey and Paul Muolo Foreclosure activity declined by 1% on a monthly basis in February.Read More
Mortgage Earnings at Large Nonbanks Plummet in 4Q March 12, 2024 John Bancroft Earnings from mortgage banking declined by 60.2% among 14 publicly traded nonbanks in the fourth quarter.Read More
Regulators Plan to Alter Basel Proposal, Timing Unclear March 7, 2024 Brandon Ivey Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said major revisions to the proposed capital requirements for large banks are likely.Read More
Cash Infusion, New Leadership at NYCB March 7, 2024 Brandon Ivey New York Community Bancorp has its third CEO in less than two weeks.Read More