About 87% of buyback activity in the third quarter was related to loans sold to Fannie and Freddie in 2018 and the first half of 2019. (Includes data chart.)
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Part of the problem is that the current proposed rule was a product of the previous director and much has changed since the rulemaking began a year ago.
The increase reflects a 5.38% surge in the price of the average home from the third quarter of 2018 to the third quarter of 2019, as calculated in FHFA’s House Price Index.
The decline in advances was concentrated among top-tier borrowers, due to their disproportionate share of FHLB borrowing. (Includes data chart.)
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Prosecutors allege that co-owners of a company that offered assistance to borrowers going through short sales illegally charged fees for negotiating the sales.