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After a selloff toward the end of 2022 when it sought to reduce liquidity risk, the company resumed purchases of whole loans last quarter.
May 5 -
The legislative proposals backed by Republican members of congress seek to undo the latest cross-subsidized adjustments to loan fees that two large government-related mortgage investors charge.
April 28 -
A couple small deals with some unusual regional concentration also are in the market and one broker says many billions of dollars more are in the pipeline.
April 25 -
The agency, which oversees government-related investors that set underwriting parameters in the U.S. mortgage market, estimates the process will begin in 2024.
March 23 -
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.
March 20 -
Institutions can borrow against par-valued securities that they would otherwise have to sell at a loss when there's a run on deposits, and it could have effectiveness beyond its actual usage.
March 19 -
The new fees based on the DTI, which lenders have said is too likely to vary throughout the origination process for a single loan, will now go into effect in August.
March 15 -
Mortgage-backed securities aren't generally considered risky assets, but how SVB managed them contributed to its woes.
March 13 -
The government-sponsored enterprises will likely have their mainstay bonds exempted from the potential securitization-related rule, but their credit-risk transfers could be subject to it, some experts say.
March 2 -
Interest rate increases and economic concerns led the government entity to lower the required amount from $1 million to $250,000.
February 17