Servicing

A common concern in housing finance reactions has been the lack of accommodation for strategies routinely used to manage credit, rate and liquidity exposures.

The former Obama administration official and MBA head died unexpectedly on Jan. 16.

Mike Weinbach, a former Wells Fargo and JPMorgan leader, will replace president Chris Marshall who's expected to retire at the end of this year.

Stress tests suggest systemically important depositories could weather current risks. Meanwhile, single-family arrears remain low, but that business could be impacted.

News reports of the negative impact to borrowers from the partial claims program's discontinuation, and a letter from Senate Democrats, appear to have prompted the statement.

The top five servicers that are depositories have a combined unpaid principal balance of more than $1.89 trillion at the end of Q2 2023.

The servicer said it entered into the consent order "without admitting any wrongdoing, to avoid the expense and distraction of litigation."

Not only could warehouse lines of credit be impacted by the U.S. version of international Basel rules, and financing secured by mortgage servicing rights may be, too.

The shape it takes could have implications for how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac price loans for nonbanks and depositories.

MSP users who are not Encompass customers are a particular target and vice versa, ICE Mortgage Technology chair Ben Jackson said.

The impact on things like servicing rights would raise costs even for lenders that aren't banks, according to Mortgage Bankers Association President and CEO Bob Broeksmit. Others disagree.

But at the same time, the publicly traded company is selling off another type of housing finance asset to some large depository institutions.

A continued slowdown in refinances, though, drove overall loan-application volumes lower last week, even as the Government Index posted a small gain, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency also is offering more opportunities for public dialogue as stakeholders debate how fast the process should move forward.

The storm is slamming housing markets already beset by some of the nation's highest property insurance premiums.

Incidents have increased by five times on a quarter-to-quarter basis, starting with the shift in deposit relationships after Silicon Valley Bank failed, CertifID said.

Consumer advocates are protesting specific risk-weighting changes affecting borrowers with lower down payments. Also, a broader increase in requirements may discourage depository holdings of servicing.

But the volume of activity for distressed properties is still lower than the historic norms, Attom Data Solutions said.

The watchdog claims that during internal testing, the company illegally processed $2.3 billion in mortgage payments.

A West Virginia homeowner is suing the banking giant for charges incurred when paying by phone, claiming breach of contract and violation of consumer protection laws.