“Mortgage servicing right markdowns and amortization continued, and there was a loss of servicing income from elevated default activity. Despite these servicing losses, 96 percent of firms in the report posted overall profitability for the second quarter.”
— Marina Walsh, MBA Vice President of Industry Analysis.
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a net gain of $4,548 on each loan they originated in the second quarter, up from $1,600 per loan in the first quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Mortgage Bankers Performance Report.
The coronavirus pandemic had a “dramatic and immediate impact” on delinquency rates for some mortgages backed by commercial and multifamily properties in the second quarter, although most continued to perform well, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today in two reports.
The Mortgage Bankers Association asked the Federal Housing Finance Agency to restructure the capital framework for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, moving from past business models to a market utility approach that enables them to meet all of their obligations.
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey reported the percentage of loans in forbearance stayed flat for the second straight week, holding at 7.20% as of Aug. 23.
It can be challenging to raise capital for public companies involved in commercial real estate lending against a backdrop of falling stock prices. This has led to an inward focus on activities such as asset management and building liquidity for public mortgage REITs, making these market participants less active for new loan originations.
The government-sponsored enterprises and HUD announced they would extend foreclosure moratoria to all GSE-backed mortgages and FHA-backed mortgages, respectively and extend eviction moratoria through at least Dec. 31.
The office sector saw downward pressure even before the COVID-19 crisis. Now, burdened with a shift toward remote working, it could be particularly hard hit in the coming years, said Moody’s Analytics, New York.
ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif., said its third quarter Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report showed 1.5 million residential properties in the United States are vacant, representing 1.6 percent of all homes. Nearly 4 percent of these vacant homes face foreclosure—so-called “zombie foreclosures.”
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Wednesday that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend buying qualified loans in forbearance and several loan origination flexibilities through September 30.
