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How the PLS market is making money on delinquent loans 

Housing Wire

Since then, Lakeview has unveiled two additional PLS offerings involving pools of delinquent FHA loans also securitized via Ginnie Mae. The more recent offerings — Lakeview Trust 2022-EBO2, which closed in late April; and Lakeview Trust 2022-EBO3, set to close in early June — also involve EBO loans, according to KBRA ratings reports.

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FHFA rescinds controversial DTI LLPA

Housing Wire

That’s the entire mortgage industry shouting, “hip, hip hooray!” ” The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Wednesday announced that it would rescind a controversial loan-level pricing adjustment (LLPA) for conventional borrowers with debt-to-income (DTI) levels at or above 40%. Did you hear that sound?

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Agent commission lawsuits cast long shadow over VA, FHA borrowers

Housing Wire

The guilty verdict of the landmark Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case sent shockwaves across the real estate industry. In the aftermath, one of the most contentious issues in the minds of mortgage professionals is how the ruling might affect FHA and VA mortgage borrowers. “VA loans are probably the best loans on the market.

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GSEs completed nearly 60,000 foreclosure prevention actions in Q1 2023: FHFA

Housing Wire

The total number of loans in forbearance at the end of Q1 stood at 65,757, coming out to 0.21% of the total loans serviced and 15% of delinquent loans. Sixteen percent of home modifications in Q1 were modifications with principal forbearance, the report said. The serious delinquency rate also decreased to 0.6%

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FHA unveils proposal for a new partial claim option

Housing Wire

The Payment Supplement Partial Claim will allow servicers to use the FHA partial claim to bring a borrower’s home loan current and temporarily reduce their monthly payments for a period of three to five years. Trade groups, servicers and industry experts support the initiative.

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Rate buydowns are the cat’s meow in today’s market

Housing Wire

Michael Neal, principal research associate at the Urban Institute ’s Housing Finance Policy Center, said research shows that rate buydowns that are longer-term, or even permanent, coupled with other down payment assistance, can help homeowners build equity, and consequently wealth, faster.

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Draft defect taxonomy could have “chilling effect” on FHA market

Housing Wire

Envisioned to provide rules of the road for mortgage servicers, industry groups and housing advocates say the Federal Housing Administration ‘s draft defect taxonomy would instead keep lenders away. The document spells out what remedies the agency may seek if it finds loan-level defects pertaining to servicing.

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