The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Secondary & Capital Markets Conference returns to the New York Marriott Marquis May 21-24.
Category: News and Trends
Sharon Reichhardt of ACES Quality Management: Spring Your QC Forward or Fall Behind Fannie Mae’s New Requirements this September
Given the downturn in mortgage volume and the exploding cost to originate, Fannie Mae’s announcement comes at a time when QC departments may be much leaner than they were the year before. However, lenders can ill afford to ignore these changes, and compliance may mean investing in automation despite declining profitability.
MBA: 2022 IMB Production Profits Fall to Series Low
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks lost an average of $301 on each loan they originated in 2022, down from an average profit of $2,339 per loan in 2021, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Mortgage Bankers Performance Report.
ATTOM: 2022 Single-Family Property Taxes Up 4%
Property taxes on single-family homes grew 3.6% last year, more than double 2021’s 1.6% growth rate, reported ATTOM, Irvine, Calif.
FHFA Updates Equitable Housing Finance Plans for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
The Federal Housing Finance Agency updated Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s Equitable Housing Finance Plans for 2023.
MBA Urges CFPB to Withdraw Nonbank Registry Proposal
The Mortgage Bankers Association, in its second letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, urged the Bureau to withdraw a proposal requiring nonbanks to register and report their use of certain terms and conditions in form contracts for consumer financial products and services.
Quote: Tuesday Apr. 11, 2023
“For the first time since inception of MBA’s report in 2008, net production income was in the red in 2022, with losses averaging 13 basis points. The rapid rise in mortgage rates over a relatively short period of time, combined with extremely low housing inventory and affordability challenges, meant that both purchase and refinance volume plummeted. The stellar profits of the previous two years dissipated because of the confluence of declining volume, lower revenues, and higher costs per loan.”
–Marina Walsh, CMB, MBA Vice President of Industry Analysis.
MBA Secondary and Capital Markets Conference in NYC May 21-24
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Secondary & Capital Markets Conference returns to the New York Marriott Marquis May 21-24.
CoreLogic: ‘Convective’ Storms Cause $17 Billion in Annual Losses
A report from CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said severe convective storms in the U.S. in 2022 accounted for an average annual loss of more than $17 billion among insured. Of those losses, hail damage accounts for more than $11 billion.
Moody’s: CMBS Loss Severities Drop
Moody’s, New York, reported U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities had the lowest loss amount last year since 2009, but noted loss severities remained elevated.