Falling interest rates are behind a recent spike in government-backed lending as well as refinances, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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The Fed's announcement is responsible for a 19 basis point drop in the 10-year yield over a two-day period, pushing the 30-year fixed under 7% for the first time since August, Freddie Mac said.
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The Federal Reserve has allowed more than $1 trillion of assets to roll off its balance sheet. Chair Jerome Powell says he doesn't believe reserves in the banking system are nearing a level that would cause the Fed to slow down or stop.
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Scott Stengel, who has been Ally's general counsel since 2016, will succeed Ellen Fitzsimmons, who is retiring after four years as head of legal affairs at Truist.
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The A1 and A2 notes have a revolving period during which investors will receive fixed-rate and floating-rate payments, respectively.
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Williams co-founded financial advisory and consulting firms Simatree and Galway Holdings, and is a retired NBA player and ESPN host.
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Falling interest rates are behind a recent spike in government-backed lending as well as refinances, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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Overall, the loans also have a weighted average (WA) FICO score of 742, an original cumulative loan-to-value ratio of 77.9%, and debt-to-income ratio of 37.5%.
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While mortgage assumptions are on the rise, so too are complaints leveled against mortgage servicers for how they handle the loans. A common refrain is that the companies are moving too slowly.
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A cash collateral account secures the principal payments, which makes SBNA's credit-linked notes deal a bit different from other bank-sponsored credit-linked note deals—albeit similar to SBCLN 2023-A.
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Decreasing availability of jumbo and non-QM products accounted for most of November's pullback, as other types of loan offerings saw minimal changes, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday it has hired Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton to conduct an independent review of its workplace culture amid allegations of rampant sexual harassment in the workplace.
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The judge also sealed a document in the lawsuit the AARP Foundation joined but the defendants still must produce fee codes in the proposed class action.
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