Detailed survey data show mortgage lenders leaned more heavily on wholesale-broker and correspondent production in the third quarter of 2021, particularly in the red-hot jumbo market.
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Retail lending by depository institutions' mortgage-banking operations fell in the third quarter, but a major acquisition by one bank pushed other indicators higher.
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A few years back, we didn’t hear much about mortgage firms selling debt, at least not publicly. Today, debt sales are becoming commonplace, but for how long?
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Credit-risk transfer transactions offer capital relief for banks and strong yields for investors. A CRT from Texas Capital Bank could only be scratching the surface of the potential of such deals.
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The Bipartisan Policy Center and the Urban Institute this month called on local, state and federal policymakers to help address the critically short supply of housing, especially affordable housing.
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Remote online notarization provision dropped from defense bill; credit unions allowed to acquire MSRs from other credit unions; new document processing technology offering; mortgage tech vendor raises capital; automated mortgage assistance product offered to distressed mortgage borrowers, for a fee.
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The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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