“The share of loans in forbearance continues to decrease, as more workers are brought back from temporary layoffs. However, our survey reveals a notable shift in the location of many FHA and VA loans, which have been bought out of Ginnie Mae pools – predominantly by bank servicers – and moved onto bank balance sheets. As a result, there was a sharp drop in the share of Ginnie Mae loans in forbearance.”
–Mike Fratantoni, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Economist.
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey showed loans now in forbearance decreased by 21 basis points to 8.18% of servicers’ portfolio volume for the week of July 5, from 8.39% the week before. MBA now estimates 4.1 million homeowners are in forbearance plans, down from 4.2 million the previous week.
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey showed loans now in forbearance decreased by 21 basis points to 8.18% of servicers’ portfolio volume for the week of July 5, from 8.39% the week before. MBA now estimates 4.1 million homeowners are in forbearance plans, down from 4.2 million the previous week.
Berkadia secured $51.5 million in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac funds to refinance multifamily properties in Maryland and Massachusetts.
“The share of loans in forbearance continues to decrease, as more workers are brought back from temporary layoffs. However, our survey reveals a notable shift in the location of many FHA and VA loans, which have been bought out of Ginnie Mae pools – predominantly by bank servicers – and moved onto bank balance sheets. As a result, there was a sharp drop in the share of Ginnie Mae loans in forbearance.”
–Mike Fratantoni, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Economist.
In this ongoing article series, we report on mortgage and credit union vendor marketplace events and trends, and we then share our viewpoints. Today we highlight three very unique tech vendors that help in attracting and retaining borrowers, while improving your customer care model via a variety of newer entrants in our service provider market.
FirstClose Inc., Austin, Texas, a provider of technology platforms for banks and credit unions, partnered with Temenos, a banking software company. With integration of the FirstClose ONE platform into Temenos Infinity Loan Origination, customers can order instant and bundled reports on credit, flood, valuation, tax and title directly from the loan origination system.
Wells Fargo & Co., Des Moines, Iowa, announced Kristy Fercho will join the company at the beginning of August as head of Wells Fargo Home Lending. She will replace Michael DeVito, who has announced plans to retire later this summer after more than 23 years with Wells Fargo.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued a lender letter and bulletin that offer additional information for market participants regarding implementation of the redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application. Late last week, Ginnie Mae issued APM 20-08 and APM 20-09, both of which clarify requirements relevant to independent mortgage bank issuers. And MBA joined a coalition of trade groups to provide ex parte comments in response to the FCC’s June 25 draft order establishing a call-blocking safe harbor.
The $3.7 trillion commercial and multifamily mortgage market is really a confederation of different capital sources, property types and geographic markets, all bound together by the provision of mortgage capital backed by investment property incomes and collateral value. Often, the overall market moves in tandem. At other times – like now – different segments act very differently.
