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Inside Mortgage Finance

May 19, 2022

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Will ECM Lending Hold Up Under the Spotlight?

Expanded-credit mortgage was the only product line to show any growth in the first quarter of 2022, and more lenders are sizing it up as agency and jumbo markets wilt. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

HUD’s Top Priority is Cutting FHA Premiums

FHA premium cuts are being closely analyzed by HUD while FHFA and Treasury have had no talks about reforming the GSEs through the PSPAs. MBA also pressed FHFA on LLPA changes for conforming jumbos and mortgages for second homes. Read More

Acquisition Fatigue Setting In on MSR Buys?

Sale of bulk MSR packages have been white-hot the past 18 months, but a pause could be in the works, some investment bankers suggest. Still, any kind of lull may not last for long. Read More

CFPB Beefing Up Its Enforcement Team

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been authorized to hire an additional 20 full-time employees, most of them attorneys. The move comes as the bureau gears up for more vigorous enforcement activity, especially against repeat offenders. Read More

FHFA Botches Review of Enterprise SEC Filings

About half of the FHFA officials who were supposed to review SEC filings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the second quarter of 2021 failed to appropriately certify accuracy. Read More

Biden’s Housing Supply Action Plan Garners Measured Support

While some of the White House’s latest measures are funded through previous legislation and codified into law, several actions rely on as-yet-unfunded proposals. Read More

Grapevine: loanDepot, Takeover Bait? / Calabria Drops a Bombshell

With some mortgage companies trading below their liquidation value, is now the time to stage a takeover? It depends. Meanwhile, former FHFA Director Mark Calabria this week broke his silence on what may lie ahead for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More

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