FHFA: Fannie, Freddie NPL Sales at 155,000

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have sold nearly 155,000 non-performing loans with a total unpaid principal balance of $28.7 billion since 2014, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported on Tuesday.

Industry Briefs July 12, 2022: Sales Boomerang, Mortgage Coach Merge

Sales Boomerang, Owings Mill, Md., an automated borrower intelligence and retention system, and Mortgage Coach, Irvine, Calif., a platform enabling mortgage lenders to educate borrowers with interactive home loan presentations, announced their merger and appointed SaaS executive Richard Harris as CEO.

Broeksmit Weighs in on How to Narrow Minority Homeownership Gap

Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, said Special Purpose Credit Programs can provide lenders with an effective way to serve minority groups who do not have access to generational wealth.

Freddie Mac Multifamily Investment Index Drops

Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., said multifamily market investment conditions deteriorated in the first quarter as price appreciation and rising mortgage rates more than offset net operating income growth.