Secondary Market/Investors
Nontraditonal and high-risk mortgages originated in 2006 and 2007 continue to wreak havoc on the capital levels of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The first Conservator’s Report on the Enterprises’ Financial Condition from the Federal Housing Finance Agency showed the single-family...
- FHA delinquencies continue to grow, refinance apps outnumber purchase apps
- Ocwen closes HomEq buy, more than 1,000 job cuts possible
- FHA puts floor on borrower credit eligibility
- Credit Suisse sees continued MBS spread volatility
- Southwest Securities EVP leaves company, CEO resigned in August
- IRS paid $23.5 billion in homebuyer tax credits and related loans
- BlackRock subsidiary to judge capital requirements for 7,000 CMBS
- August nonfarm payrolls shed 54,000 jobs
- Title insurance premiums down in 2Q and H110 compared to a year ago
- New index to aggregate Fannie Mae coupon stack
- OCC: lending standards loosen somewhat from year earlier
The closing deadline for the first-time homebuyer tax credit approaches at the end of this month. The deadline to enter into a sales contract passed months ago, and pending, existing and new home sales volumes plummeted in the wake of the program’s expiration. In the absence of additional economic stimulus, it now seems as if [...]
- EU's big step toward crisis prevention The New York Times
- FDIC sells another $760 million in REO REO Insider
- Finance after the crisis: Deutsche Bank, a tamer casino The Economist
- 'Recovery summer' ends with economic pothole NPR
- White House considering emergency economic stimuli Politico
- UK economy backslide: Service sector activity in new slump City AM
- Junk bonds market set for record year The Guardian UK
- H&R Block surges as CEO says mortgage claims 'Better' Bloomberg
- Fed’s Rosengren: Consider community needs in solving foreclosure crisis REO Insider
- Strongest jobs recovery in decades. Seriously CNNMoney
- Mortgage bonds lose ground with home refi boom: credit markets Bloomberg
You may not have noticed, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average is like HousingWire's brother from another mother.
They both follow major players in the housing industry, both are considered must-stop shops for investor information -- and both broke 10,000 today.
That's right. Yours truly is celebrating its 10,000th post in just...
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Origination/Lending
The rate of serious delinquent mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) remained flat from June to July; however,...
Secondary Markets/Investors
Nontraditonal and high-risk mortgages originated in 2006 and 2007 continue to wreak havoc on the capital levels of Fannie Mae...
Servicing/Default
Fannie Mae will now review the compensatory fees due to servicers in cases where the government sponsored entity feel servicers...
