Refinance

The Government Accountability Office called on Ginnie Mae to undertake four reforms to its operations, citing concerns regarding the ongoing shift in size and capitalization of mortgage-backed securities issuers.

Alarmed about continued high nonmarket-based prepayment rates, Ginnie Mae is requesting input from lenders on how to make the mortgage-backed securities it guarantees fairer to investors without hurting borrowers.

BX Trust 2019-IMC is a cash-out refinancing for an existing mortgage secured by 16 showrooms used exclusively for the home furniture and decor industry.

A renovated office complex in Florida and a recently built Great Wolf Lodge resort in Orange County make up two of the largest loans in Wells Fargo's latest conduit.

Mortgage refinance applications reached their highest level in three years as interest rates plunged last week in the aftermath of the Federal Open Market Committee's March meeting.

Hines Interests used the $755 million loan from Goldman and JPMorgan to take out a $505 million mortgage from two insurance companies, MetLife and New York LIfe.

Ginnie Mae has restricted loanDepot's ability to securitize Veterans Affairs mortgages because of apparent churning of recent originations.

As 30-year fixed-rate mortgages rose 30 basis points year-over-year, non-QM originations are estimated to grow 400% in 2019.

Slower growth to interest rates and home prices will boost housing affordability in 2019, according to Fannie Mae.

Physicians account for 28.8% of borrowers in the collateral pool, up from 22% for SoFi's previous student loan securitization, according to Moody's Investors Service. Notably, fewer of these, 4.2% versus 7.8%, are in residency programs.