OCC: Acting Comptroller’s Statement on Vote to Overturn OCC True Lender Rule
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu issued the following statement on the U.S. House of Representative’s vote to overturn the agency’s true lender rule. Today, the House voted to overturn the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s true lender rule, which was finalized in October of last year. This follows similar action taken…
FHFA: First Quarter 2021 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report Released
More than 5.8 million homeowners helped since conservatorship The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its first quarter 2021 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 224,646 foreclosure prevention actions in the first quarter of 2021, bringing the total number of homeowners who have been…
HUD: FHA Takes Steps to Remove Barriers to Homeownership for Those with Student Loan Debt
Updates to Single Family student loan monthly payment calculation expand access to FHA-insured mortgage financing for creditworthy individuals, particularly in communities of color The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Friday announced updates to its student loan monthly payment calculations to take steps to remove barriers and provide more access to affordable single family FHA-insured mortgage financing for…
FFIEC: 2020 Data on Mortgage Lending Availability Announced
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on 2020 mortgage lending transactions at 4,475 U.S. financial institutions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions include banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. The HMDA data are the most comprehensive publicly available information on mortgage market…
CFPB: Availability of 2020 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Announced
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on 2020 mortgage lending transactions at 4,475 U.S. financial institutions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions include banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. The HMDA data are the most comprehensive publicly available information on mortgage market…
FHFA: Latest Report on Non-Performing Loan Sales Released
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released the latest report on the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report includes sales information about NPLs sold through December 31, 2020. Borrower outcomes reflect NPLs sold through June 30th, 2020 and reported through December 31,…
CFPB: New Report Finds that Manufactured Housing Loan Borrowers Face Higher Interest Rates, Risks and Barriers to Credit
Consumers tend to be rural and lower income, and those who do not own the underlying land have the greatest challenges Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report that provides new insights into manufactured housing financing, a vital source of lending for millions of manufactured housing homeowners. Manufactured housing is a small…
FHFA: First-of-its-Kind Comprehensive Dataset on Mortgage Risk from 1990-2019 Published
Data included in a revised working paper leads researchers to challenge some long-held assumptions about the impetus of the 2008 financial crisis Today, to improve policymakers’ understanding of how mortgage risk has evolved over time and the role it played in the 2008 recession, FHFA released a revised staff working paper, “A Quarter Century of…
FHFA: Report Published on the Performance of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s Single-Family Credit Risk Transfers
Report finds the Enterprises’ CRT net cost was $15 billion from July 2013 through February 2021 The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published a report on the performance of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises’) single-family credit risk transfers (CRT). The report focuses on securities issuance and insurance/reinsurance credit risk sharing vehicles, which…
FHFA: RFI Issued on Short-Term Rental Units in Condominium, Cooperative, and Planned Unit Development Projects
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued a Request for Input (RFI) on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) eligibility requirements for mortgages in condominium (condo), cooperative (co-op), and planned unit development (PUD) projects where a large portion of units are offered for short-term rental (30 days or less) or are used primarily…