According to Urban Institute, mortgage insurance payouts mean GSE losses on loans with LTVs over 80% are comparable to those on loans with LTVs below 80%.
Between 2015 and 2022, the private mortgage industry transferred more than $20.8 billion of risk exposure via the issuance of 51 insurance-linked notes through the capital markets.
Will lower FHA premiums steal market share from the GSEs? According to analysts, private mortgage insurer pricing still makes the GSEs the better execution for borrowers with credit scores over 680. But private MIs are still nervous.
By targeting price cuts at low-FICO score and high-LTV borrowers, the new pricing grids of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could increase market overlap with FHA.