Mortgage applications increased 4.1% from one week earlier as consumers continued to pursue both purchases and refinancings even as conforming rates rose from their record lows, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Mortgage Bankers Association recommended adding six more months to the latest GSE patch proposal.
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A second-term Trump administration would likely continue its deregulatory efforts, focus on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's exit from conservatorship, and seek to facilitate fintech participation in the banking system.
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The agency sought feedback on potential changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. But a coalition of industry and advocacy groups want a longer comment period to afford “a greater opportunity for thoughtful public participation.”
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San Francisco-based Theorem is marketing its first-ever securitization of online, unsecured consumer loans culled from the LendingClub origination platform using machine-learning technology.
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Ginnie Mae helped to fund more than $70 billion in loans aimed at helping low- and moderate-income borrowers in July.
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The collateral pool consists of 59 loans for mostly older garden-style and mid-rise apartment buildings that have undergone recent upgrades and renovation.
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The private-equity giant has secured a $900 million single-asset commercial loan to finance its investment in three studios where Netflix and Walt Disney will produce original programming for their streaming services.
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The action, affecting 362 tranches totaling $57 billion, is taken a week after Fitch revised the U.S. sovereign rating to negative because of ongoing deterioration in public finances.
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Though overall forbearance share is down, the number of extensions is rising as coronavirus hardship filings surpass the 90-day mark that delineates the end of traditional forbearance plans.
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Conditions have improved for the first time since November.
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The Fed's TALF program to support AAA-rated ABS securities issuance continues to resonate in the prime auto securitization space.
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Rising equity levels lifted borrowers across the spectrum in the second quarter, according to Attom Data Solutions.
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