Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Extend URLA Implementation Timeline

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae announced yesterday they will extend the implementation timeline for the redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application and automated underwriting systems to support the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MBA Takes Issue with Calabria’s Downplay of Need for Servicer Liquidity Facility

The Mortgage Bankers Association called “troubling” comments by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria in which he dismissed the immediate need for a federally backed liquidity facility to assist mortgage servicers with forbearance efforts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

MBA Takes Issue with Calabria’s Downplay of Need for Servicer Liquidity Facility

The Mortgage Bankers Association called “troubling” comments by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria in which he dismissed the immediate need for a federally backed liquidity facility to assist mortgage servicers with forbearance efforts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

Another Week for Record Unemployment Claims

The Labor Department yesterday reported a record 6.648 million Americans filed initial unemployment insurance claims last week, smashing the previous record set the previous week.

For 3.3 Million Americans, Coronavirus Economy Just Got Real

The Labor Department on Thursday said unemployment claims skyrocketed to 3.3 million—the first real indicator of just how potentially devastating the economic effects of the coronavirus can be at the personal and national levels.

FHFA: More Than 4.4 Million Homeowners Helped Since Conservatorship

The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its fourth quarter 2019 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report, which shows Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 25,930 foreclosure prevention actions, bringing to 4.407 million the number of troubled homeowners who have been helped during conservatorships.