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Demystifying Credit Risk Transfer

The author is Don Layton, Senior Industry Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and the CEO of Freddie Mac from May 2012 until June 2019. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae securitize mortgages they purchase from bank and non-bank lenders. In doing so they sell the complex interest rate risk of… Read more...

Strong 2019 Close Pushes Mortgage Delinquenices to Near-Record Low: Black Knight

December saw a strong improvement in the national delinquency rate (down 3.75% from November and more than 12% from last year). At 3.40%, 2019 ended with the delinquency rate within 0.04% of the record low set back in May. Read more...

Howard Bancorp to Shutter Mortgage Lending Business

Howard Bancorp., the parent company of Maryland’s Howard Bank, announced plans to close down its mortgage lending operations. Read more...

Mortgage Applications Fall After Hot Start to 2020

Mortgage activity, which started the year strong out of the gate, has softened somewhat but remains historically robust. So reports CNBC. Read more...

FICO to Launch New Versions of Credit Scores

Fair Isaac Corp., the organization behind the commonly used FICO credit scores, has two new tools for lenders on the way this summer, the FICO Score 10 and the FICO Score 10 T. So reports MarketWatch. Read more...

Rates Tumble, But That’s a Mixed Bag for Home Buyers

While mortgage rates slumped last week to their lowest level since October, market observers say that perpetually low rates have both pros and cons for prospective home buyers. So reports MarketWatch. Read more...

Bill Bodnar of MMG: Rates Remain Steady Amid Lots of Good News

Bill Bodnar of The Mortgage Market Guide discusses the U.S.-China trade deal, which lifted some uncertainty, the wave of good economic news and the fact that stocks hit an all-time high. Read more...

Consumer Sentiment for January Holds Strong

Americans’ economic outlook has stayed upbeat, supported by robust employment and soaring stock markets, signaling spending will keep rising. So reports Bloomberg. Read more...

Construction Hits 13-Year High, But Lacks Workers

As new government figures arrive showing a sharp uptick in new U.S. home construction in December, a Federal Reserve official has warned that building is being held back by a labor shortfall. So reports MarketWatch. Read more...

Annual Foreclosures Sink to Pre-Crisis Record Low

U.S. foreclosure activity last year tumbled to the lowest level since ATTOM Data Solutions started keeping track in 2015, the property data provider has announced. Read more...

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