Underwriting

The partnership between alternative investment managers adds to signs investors see the private mortgage market as attractive, albeit not immune to risk.

For the first time in almost two years, mortgage products available for consumers are at a level established in 2012.

Even though senior home values are still near the all-time high, other data shows fewer are turning to reverse mortgages to ease a potential financial crunch.

Nonagency issuances are expected to increase 85% for this year over 2023, and rise another 36% in 2025, the second best since the financial crisis.

The average cost for a loan seller to buy back a mortgage from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for defects is over $32,000, a study from Reggora and Stratmor found.

Critical defects increased for the second consecutive three-month period, with appraisal-related errors nearly doubling, Aces Quality Management said.

Private-label securitization volume increased 75% this year versus 2023; conditions are right for that to continue, KBRA said.

The Chicago-area lender, which at first was able to get the suit quashed, agreed to end the discrimination case by paying a $105,000 fine.

As it gets ready for more competition from VantageScore, the company also did not comment on reports of yet another impending price hike.

State housing finance agencies had a resurgent fiscal 2023 and the recent fed funds rate reduction could have a mixed impact on them, Fitch Ratings said.