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Housing Wire
JUNE 9, 2023
Before I open myself up to attacks here, I am using macro data from Urban Institute and there are certainly some banks who serve a broader swath of the market. More importantly, when it comes to the Ginnie Mae programs, banks contribute only 7% of all the mortgages by the FHA , VA , and USDA. In the FHA program alone, 46.3%
Housing Wire
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Investors receive principal and interest payments on the CRT notes they purchase, but if credit losses exceed a predefined threshold per the security issued, then investors are responsible for absorbing the losses exceeding that mark. The initial CRT deal of 2022, CAS 2022-R01 , involved a $1.5 billion.
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Housing Wire
OCTOBER 30, 2024
If you are not a depository or a bank, you typically don’t have a balance sheet, so you have to sell that loan in the scratch-and-dent market, which was costing last year 15 to 20 points — and even now it’s still costing anywhere between 5 to 8.5 The new model also provides economic benefits to lenders, according to Mittal. “If
Housing Wire
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Fannie had outstanding loan-repurchase requests to mortgage lenders totaling $939 million based on unpaid principal balance (UPB) as of Sept. Sean Stephens, who is of counsel in the mortgage-banking practice group at law firm of Johnston Thomas. And it just might push some smaller lenders over the cliff. Paying in full.
Housing Wire
AUGUST 26, 2024
Many independent mortgage banks opted to sell a substantial portion of their MSRs, aiming to free up cash and stay afloat amidst declining origination activity, anticipating future regulatory capital requirements or simply lacking interest in maintaining these assets. trillion unpaid principal balance (UPB). That’s our goal.”
Housing Wire
MAY 9, 2023
Independent mortgage banks have been coping with a still-surging wave of loan-repurchase requests from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that represents yet another threat to lenders’ already stretched balance sheets. He added that loan defects often leading to repurchase requests include, among others, borrower income-related issues (i.e.,
HomeLight
JULY 7, 2022
So, ideally, if we round that 28%-to-36% rule to one-third of your take-home income, you wouldn’t be spending more than $1,509 on your housing payment — don’t forget, that should include your principal and interest payment, taxes and insurance, any HOA fees, plus PMI or mortgage insurance if you have it. Safety-net (months): 5.4.
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