National Mortgage News, May 1, 2018–Bonnie Sinnock (subscription)If Freddie Mac’s credit-risk transfer activities continue to grow, mortgage lenders could eventually see a reduction in the guarantee fees they pay to the government-sponsored enterprise, according to CEO Donald Layton.
Category: Top National News
Will AI Take the Jobs of Loan Officers?
HousingWire, May 1, 2018–Dave Savage, Kristin MesserliLoan officers may not be disappearing from the model, but their role has certainly shifted. By consumer demand and the help of technology and AI, they have gone from originator to advisor.
America’s Mortgage Market Is Still Broken
Bloomberg, Apr. 30, 2018–EditorialThe editors call for clearer regulatory rules that put banks and nonbanks on equal footing; and reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that gives the private sector a greater role in the secondary mortgage market.
Joe Langner: To Deliver a True All-Digital Mortgage, LOS Providers Must Re-Invent
Mortgage Orb, Apr. 30, 2018–Patrick BarnardLangner, CEO of Blue Sage, said as mortgage lenders increasingly adopting the e-mortgage, or all-digital mortgage process, the role of the LOS and the demands placed upon it have changed and expanded.
GSE Reform Unlikely to Happen This Year: Mnuchin
National Mortgage News, Apr. 30, 2018–Neil Haggerty (subscription)Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin cast doubt Monday on Congress’ tackling housing finance reform this year, saying reform of the government-sponsored enterprises is more likely to be a focus in 2019.
NFHA: Greatest Threat to Fair Housing is Government’s Failure to Enforce the Law
HousingWire, Apr. 30, 2018–Kelsey RamirezThe National Fair Housing Alliance reported in 2017, there were 28,843 reported housing discrimination complaints, of which most, 71.3%, were handled by private, nonprofit fair housing organizations. HUD, on the other hand, processed just 1,311 complaints, less than 5% of the total.
Anonymous Owner, L.L.C.: Why It Has Become So Easy to Hide in the Housing Market
New York Times, Apr. 30, 2018–Emily BadgerWhen Sean Hannity, the popular Fox News host, was revealed this month to be a property owner and landlord of considerable scale, it highlighted how opaque the housing market has become.
The Mortgage Industry’s Digital Future
HousingWire, May 1, 2018–Mark WaiRight now the average cost to originate a mortgage is close to $9,000 per loan, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Many disparate systems and manual labor are the key reasons for such high cost. Just by automating many of those manual tasks, the cost would drop significantly.
CFPB’s Mulvaney Misled Congress About Land Deal, Watchdog Says
National Mortgage News, Apr. 30, 2018–Kate Berry (subscription)Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Monday asked the Federal Reserve’s inspector general to investigate whether Mulvaney misled the Senate Budget Committee by claiming he had paid off his debts on a 17-acre parcel of undeveloped land in Indian Land, S.C.
U.S. Annual Inflation Measures Jump; Consumer Spending Rises
Reuters, Apr. 30, 2018–Lucia MutikaniU.S. consumer prices accelerated in the year to March, with a measure of underlying inflation surging to near the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target as weak readings from last year dropped out of the calculation.