While advice and directions concentrate on the “next normal” inflicted by Covid-19, the underlying challenges facing financial services and banking organizations have been building long before its arrival. If banking and mortgage leadership are to adjust to an altered consumer and investment future, they must quickly determine how to build core competencies with digital leveraging—or risk becoming a statistic.
Category: News and Trends
CFPB Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rulemaking on New ‘Seasoned QM’ Category
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday said it would extend the comment period on its notice of proposed rulemaking to create a new category of seasoned qualified mortgages by three days, from September 28 to October 1 to accommodate for the Yom Kippur Jewish holiday.
CoreLogic: Despite Pandemic, Homeowners Gain $620 Billion in Equity
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said its 2nd Quarter Home Equity Report shows U.S. homeowners with mortgages—which account for 63% of all properties—have seen their equity increase by 6.6% year over year. This represents a collective equity gain of $620 billion and an average gain of $9,800 per homeowner from a year ago.
Dealmaker: VICI Properties Provides Caesars Forum Conference Center $400M Mortgage
A subsidiary of real estate investment trust VICI Properties Inc., Las Vegas, provided Caesars Entertainment, Reno, Nev., a $400 million mortgage secured by the Caesars Forum Conference Center in Las Vegas.
Freddie Mac 2Q Apartment Investment Index Dips from Pandemic Impact
Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., said its Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index fell by 0.3% in the second quarter following strong previous quarterly gains, reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the first negative second quarter net operating income growth since 2009.
Richard Ferguson: What We Can Do to Help Close the Homeownership Wealth Gap
Even when minorities do become homeowners, research shows that homeownership delivers fewer benefits than it does for white families—including significantly less home equity. Yet there are steps we as an industry can take toward leveling the playing field.
MBA Education Path to Diversity Scholar Profile: Sammy Ramirez
(One of a continuing series of profiles of participants in the MBA Education Path to Diversity (P2D) Scholarship Program, which enables employees from diverse backgrounds to advance their professional growth and career development.)
Former Ambassador Andrew Young Keynotes MBA Annual20
Former Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young keynotes an important General Session at MBA Annual20, which runs online Oct. 19-21.
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“The share of loans in forbearance has dropped to its lowest level in five months, driven by a consistent decline in the GSE share in forbearance. However, not only the did the share of Ginnie Mae loans in forbearance increase, new requests for forbearance for these loans have increased for two consecutive weeks. While housing market data continue to show a quite strong recovery, the job market recovery appears to have slowed, and we are seeing the impact of this slowdown on FHA and VA borrowers in the Ginnie Mae portfolio.”
–MBA Chief Economist Mike Fratantoni.
MBA: Loans in Forbearance Fall to Lowest Level in 5 Months
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey showed loans now in forbearance decreased by 8 basis points to 6.93% of servicers’ portfolio volume as of Sept. 13, compared to 7.01% the week before. MBA estimates 3.5 million homeowners are in forbearance plans.