The Lede

Bloomberg, Sept. 19, 2016--Mulholland, Sarah; Perlberg, Heather Heightened commercial real estate lending scrutiny paves the way for lightly regulated investors to gain a bigger toehold in lucrative deals.

Washington Post, Sept. 19, 2016--Mui, Ylan Q.  Instead of executing its stimulus exit strategy--raise interest rates and shrink its balance sheet--the Federal Reserve is confronting the possibility that its temporary economic recovery measures will remain in place indefinitely.

CNBC, Sept. 19, 2016--Imbert, Fred There's a new sector in the closely followed S&P 500, and it's off to a good start.

OurBroker.Com, Sept. 19, 2016--Miller, Peter G. On Wednesday the Fed will announce whether or not it will raise bank rates. Here's a clue: It won't.

GoRion, Sept. 19, 2016--Curry, Kerry The presidential candidates haven't said much about housing or mortgage finance on the campaign trail but housing has always been a fundamental plank of each party platform.

Mortgage Daily, Sept. 19, 2016 $48.4 billion in MBS issuance during August.

Mortgage Daily, Sept. 19, 2016 Q3 total mortgage production projected at $519 billion.

National Mortgage News, Sept. 19, 2016--Collins, Brian MBA President and Chief Executive David Stevens said that a lot of the CFPB rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act have been implemented. "They are working well. Homeownership is expanding," he said.

HousingWire, Sept. 19, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey FHFA housing price index at 2007 levels, which could trigger an increase.

Buffalo News, Sept. 19, 2016--Glynn, Matt The cuts represent 31 perent of its workforce outside Buffalo.

The Street, Sept. 19, 2016--Morrissey, Janet Average monthly cost of owning a home is 28% higher than renting in major U.S. markets, according to a report by Robert W. Baird & Co.

American Banker, Sept. 19, 2016--Kellard, Joseph Will sell certain assets to Cornerstone Home Lending.

DSNews, Sept. 19, 2016--Honea, Brian CoreLogic found that 41 percent of mortgages, representing 31 percent of the outstanding unpaid principal balance, have mortgage rates greater than 4.38 percent.

Wall Street Journal, Sept. 20, 2016--Borak, Donna; Carney, John The Wells Fargo chief executive will testify before the Senate Banking Committee.

National Mortgage News, Sept. 19, 2016--Sichelman, Lew Next administration must act swiftly to move reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac off dead center, and Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer suggested that the model for a new secondary market is already in place.

HousingWire, Sept. 19, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey Student debt will delay homebuying for more than five years for most.

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