Nine of the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks saw their profits jump in the first quarter. Only the FHLBanks of Dallas and Cincinnati experienced declining net income. (Includes three data charts.)
The GSEs’ latest SEC filings reveal a combined capital shortfall of $359 billion at the end of the first quarter. But combined earnings were a healthy $8.21 billion for the quarter. (Includes data chart.)
Megabanks topped the list of GSE servicers in the first quarter of 2022, but they continued to lose market share to nonbank servicers. (Includes two data charts.)
While Fannie and Freddie look to be reclaiming lost investor-property loan business, seller execution tactics haven’t changed much in recent months. Volume fell 14% from October. (Includes two data charts.)
Although the GSEs have for several months seen declines in the share of investor and second-home mortgage purchases, it remains to be seen whether lenders will continue to deliver these loans into the non-agency market now that the caps have been withdrawn. (Includes two data charts.)
Looking at more than 12 million home appraisals, researchers found that sellers in minority census tracts were more than twice as likely to receive an appraisal below the sale price than sellers in white districts.
Is Onity Group eyeing a sale? Perhaps. And why not? Servicing values are approaching a 25-year high.
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