Mortgages

However, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield pushed back up 15 basis points from a week ago as the markets settle following the recent bank failures.

The year-over-year drop in January stemmed primarily from loans where a payment had not been made in at least 120 days but shorter-term arrears were higher during the same period.

The economic situation is more like what happened during the mid-'80s thrift crisis than the 2008 downturn, said Chief Economist Doug Duncan.

The agency, which oversees government-related investors that set underwriting parameters in the U.S. mortgage market, estimates the process will begin in 2024.

Purchases of new single-family homes increased 1.1% to an annualized 640,000 pace after a 633,000 rate in January, government data showed Thursday.

And in January, all-cash buyers reached their highest share in nine years, at 32.1%, Redfin said.

The government-backed acquisition heads off regulatory and financial concerns at a Swiss bank that could have affected overseas financial institutions that U.S. lenders count on.

The underlying loans are subject to certain ATR rules per the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, will fund advances of delinquent principal and interest until loans become 90 days.

The failures of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank have already rocked mortgage rates but aren't expected to rattle lines of credit provided by depositories, home lenders say.

The system of 11 regional banks issued a combined $137 billion of bonds and discount notes on Tuesday and Wednesday, after selling $112 billion on Monday, the largest single day of issuance in its 90-year history.