Ginnie Mae

COO Joseph Gormley weighed in on cuts at the securitization guarantor and efforts to improve the industry's efficiencies and the government's.

HUD denied claims that 40% of the administration's workforce will be cut.

Lenders and developers are now working their contacts in Washington to try to protect Ginnie Mae.

The proposal is one of several that aims to address difficulties managing early buyouts from mortgage-backed securities pools.

The plan from the Heritage Foundation, a group the first Trump administration was largely in line with, would shutter CFPB, break up HUD and raise FHA premiums.

A recommendation to give Ginnie Mae expanded authorities is drawing focus in the reactions to a Financial Stability Oversight Council report on nonbank risks.

McCargo stabilized the agency at a crucial time as she helped navigate it through both a pandemic and subsequent dramatic interest-rate cycle change.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development agency warned in an online notice that issuers with prepayments exceeding certain limits could face sanctions.

KBRA recently assigned low-end investment grade designations to Freedom Mortgage and Pennymac transactions that involve interests in Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights.

The agency's president, Alanna McCargo, called the nonbank liquidity issue "the biggest of our time," while speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center Tuesday.

Interest rate increases and economic concerns led the government entity to lower the required amount from $1 million to $250,000.

Updated counterparty requirements recently coordinated with the Federal Housing Finance Agency affect a constituency that has kept growing, albeit at a slightly slower pace, according to new mortgage-backed securities research.

HUD official Alanna McCargo takes over the top job at the government corporation, which has had a series of acting leaders since 2017.

While overall volume was down in August, it remained historically strong, particularly in the securitized market for home equity withdrawal loans made to borrowers age 62 and up.

The guarantor has for the first time proposed a risk-based capital requirement for companies not subject to other federal regulation. The industry says the plan, which would impose a heavy charge for servicing portfolios, could drive lenders away from government-backed programs.

The volume of Ginnie securities issued in December marked the first time more than $80 billion has been issued in a month.

The deadline for inclusion in Ginnie mortgage-backed securities has been extended and an exception will be made for some participations.

Whether Ginnie issuance increases in the future may depend in part on the extent to which the Biden administration wishes to tap the FHA to promote affordable housing and homeownership.

Even government-sponsored enterprise loans, which have seen forbearance rates drop for 24 weeks in a row, saw a slight uptick.

Rates could be 50 basis points steeper than the MBA’s current projections, which anticipate the 30-year mortgage will average 3.3% next year, up from nearly 3% this year.