Category: Top National News

National Real Estate Investor, Nov. 2, 2016–Mattson-Teig, Beth
Many high-leverage commercial mortgage-backed securities loans are searching for refinancing capital while the CMBS market is battling its own liquidity crunch.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 2, 2016
Loans that are included in commercial mortgage-backed securities had a 30-plus day delinquency rate of 4.98 percent as of Oct. 31.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 2, 2016
Last month’s production brought to more than a million the number of reverse mortgages that have been insured by the federal government.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 2, 2016
Home-lending activity took a giant leap at Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc. In addition, the organization reported sizable growth in its mortgage servicing portfolio.

MarketWatch, Nov. 1, 2016–Riquier, Andrea 
After this quarter, the enterprise will have returned $101.4 billion to taxpayers.

HousingWire, Nov. 1, 2016–Gaffney, Jacob
Freddie Mac is now working with its regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to create permanent foreclosure-avoidance programs as HAMP and HARP look to expire.

HousingWire, Nov. 3, 2016–Ramirez, Kelsey
The government-sponsored enterprise posted profits every quarter for the last four and a half years and sees no near-term end to conservatorship.

Housing Wire, Nov. 3, 2016–Gaffney, Jacob
Here is the next big idea.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 3, 2016–Sinnock, Bonnie
Fannie Mae’s new representation and warranty relief offers lenders a long-awaited incentive to use its automated loan validation technology. But is it enough for lenders to make the necessary technology updates and process changes to implement the tools?

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 3, 2016–Glazer, Emily
Bank also says range of possible litigation losses related to separate probe rose to as much as $1.7 billion in third quarter.