Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho urged the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to act quickly to provide guidance on Title IV of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was signed into law Friday.
Category: News and Trends
The CMBS Market During a Pandemic: A Fitch Ratings Q&A
MBA NewsLink interviewed Fitch Ratings Senior Director of Structured Finance Adam Fox and Senior Director Britt Johnson about the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the commercial mortgage-backed securities market.
House Approves $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill; Trump Signs into Law
The House on Friday approved a massive $2 trillion stimulus bill aimed at injecting a much-needed boost to a U.S. economy that has been staggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
MBA, Trade Groups Ask DHS to Declare Housing ‘Essential Infrastructure Business’
The Mortgage Bankers Association joined more than 90 industry trade groups in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security, urging DHS to designate construction of single-family and multifamily housing as an “Essential Infrastructure Business.”
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.
New York Fed Posts TALF Term Sheet
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York last week posted a term sheet indicating servicing advances are eligible collateral for borrowing from the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan facility, also known as TALF.
MBA, Trade Groups Outline Challenges Facing Borrowers Amid COVID-19
The Mortgage Bankers Association and a half-dozen industry trade groups last week sent a letter to the White House and other government agencies discussing concerns and challenges facing homeowners in paying their mortgage due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Black Knight ‘First Look:’ Foreclosure Starts Lowest Level on Record; February Delinquencies Up Slightly
Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., said February foreclosure starts fell 25% from January and 20% from a year ago, reaching their lowest level on record since it began publicly reporting the metric in 2000.
MBA: IMBs Boast Strongest Fourth Quarter Profits Since 2012
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a net gain of $1,182 on each loan they originated in the fourth quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported this morning.
FHFA Authorizes GSEs to Support Additional Liquidity in Secondary Mortgage Market; Provide Flexibility in Appraisals, Employment Verifications
The Federal Housing Finance Agency yesterday issued two directives to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—one to enter into additional dollar roll transactions to provide mortgage-backed securities investors with short-term financing of their positions; and the other to provide alternative flexibilities to satisfy appraisal requirements and employment verification requirements.