FHFA set to end equitable housing finance plans for GSEs
The agency has a proposed repeal in place, getting ready to be made public on July 28, which would rescind another Biden-era fair housing policy.
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GSEs could exit conservatorship fast, experts say
Given FHFA Director Bill Pulte's history of making regulatory pronouncements via X, some theorize the release of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could occur in the same way.
Barry Habib added to Fannie Mae board
Habib's placement on the Fannie Mae board comes after he criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in a Linkedin post.
Rithm Capital inks $1.5B deal for investor loans
A "large institutional investor" will provide funding to assist Rithm in acquiring as much as $1.5 billion worth of residential transition loans.
Why FHFA may bet on CSP to reform Fannie, Freddie
Recently revived plans for broader use of the repositioned common-securitization platform for monetization purposes may hearken back to past concepts.
Non-QM drives RMBS H125 gains amid uncertain outlook
Most indicators cited by Morningstar DBRS are favorable to a good securitization market the rest of the year, but inflation is one of several challenges.
Non-prime U.S. residential mortgage pool secures $283.64M Santander notes
The RMBS notes benefit from geographic diversity and credit enhancement.
COLT 2025-6 Mortgage Loan Trust raises $331M
The RMBS transaction is backed by first-lien, fixed- and adjustable-rate, fully amortizing residential mortgage loans, some with interest-only periods, to prime and non-prime borrowers.
Sequoia raises $478 million in RMBS
The prime jumbo RMBS transaction is collateralized by 402 residential mortgage loans.
Pulte plans ‘full scale review’ of credit bureaus
Bill Pulte, regulator and conservator of entities that buy and securitize many mortgages, also reaffirmed he's 'not happy with" lenders' main score provider.
FHLBank San Francisco invests $53M in Fannie Mae bond
This transaction for 230 rental units follows a March $10 million affordable housing investment in Nevada Housing Division Mortgage Revenue Bonds.
Home equity investment products set to soar, experts say
Secondary market interest in home equity contracts is drawing new participants, with 2025 securitization activity ahead of last year, industry leaders said.
Low credit scores in non-QM verge on 10% default rate
Loans with alternative documentation and high combined loan-to-value ratios had more performance concerns, according to a new KBRA study.
How the secondary market is shaping home equity strategies
Securitizations are breaking new ground and whole loan investors have been active as nonbanks increasingly originate and sell second lien products.
Home equity lending has strong two-year runway ahead
The product, as well as the housing market, is different today than what it was two decades ago, where some feel it was a cause of the financial crisis.
Fannie Mae partners with Palantir to weed out fraud
Bill Pulte and the government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive will be working with a firm that analyzes big data and utilizes artificial intelligence.
Trump says Fannie Mae to keep US guarantee as public firm
President Donald Trump said that the US government would retain guarantees and an oversight role over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac even as he pursues a public offering for the mortgage giants.
Hildene Capital closes new non-QM deal
The transaction is the fourth of its type the company has done this year through the partnership it has had with Crosscountry Mortgage since late 2022.
Trump mulling exit nudges GSE stocks higher, MBS wider
The notion that the enterprises could be a source of revenue has led to a suggestion that the funds from a public offering could be reinvested in housing.
What Ginnie Mae’s newest executive is planning for mortgages
COO Joseph Gormley weighed in on cuts at the securitization guarantor and efforts to improve the industry's efficiencies and the government's.
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