Lending

June 13, 2013

Elizabeth Warren pushes two-tiered banking regulation

In a hearing with the Senate committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs over the community banks, ...

"Given that the GSEs have depleted all of their shareholders’ equity, are operating with financial support from the Treasury and are not able to retain their earnings, when considering safety and soundness, it is important to consider the risks associated with the enterprises’," FHFA said.

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"Mortgage lending is not hard any more. There's one product. Here's your 30-year fixed. Here's your rate. When do you want to lock?"

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The Ticker

» Justices agree to hear fair housing case

» BofA accused of paying bonuses for foreclosures

» Michigan foreclosure bills may do more harm than good

» Supreme Court agrees to hear fair lending case

» DocMagic becomes eServices vendor for Fifth Third

» Lowe's spends $205 million on California housing rush

» NY attorneys appointed to handle foreclosure sales come under scrutiny

» Actor Tom Hanks and wife sell home for $5.225 million

» Dallas-Fort Worth area foreclosures auctions fall by 45%

» Multi-generational housing becomes new trend

Lending News

Representatives sound alarm on non-government housing

Mortgage applications tick up 5%

Qualified mortgage exemption still too narrow for credit unions

Major Oregon Supreme Court ruling undermines MERS, but leaves registry room to challenge

Genworth Financial to cut 400 jobs in search of liquidity

Fixed-mortgage rates skyrocket: Freddie Mac

Home affordability not yet impacted by rising mortgage rates

House letter could spark severe FHA reform debate

ReWired

Life of a Loan: The purchase mortgage

Like a person, a loan goes through many stages of life. It starts from birth as a purchase application, and as long as it stays on the right path, it will eventually be paid off. Part one of Life of a Loan dives further into what entails a purchase application.

June Cover Story

Virtual realty: HousingWire's top 50 real estate tech solutions

HousingWire introduces its inaugural RETech:50 highlighting the accomplishments of 50 technology-driven real estate companies.

Feature

Private-label RMBS trailblazer Redwood Trust sets aggressive issuance pace

by Christina Mlynski

There are only a handful of consistencies investors can rely on in the private-label market these days. Redwood Trust issuing at least one residential mortgage-backed securities deal a month is one.

Commentary

Too big to fail remains issue

by David Altig

As Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated, too-big-to-fail remains a major issue that is not solved, but "there’s a lot of work in train."

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