Wall Street has figured in another billion-plus dollar non-performing loan (NPL) sale for one of the GSEs.
Read More »Freddie Mac Keeps Making Taxpayers’ Load Lighter
While the conservatorships continue, so do the Enterprise’s initiatives to ease the risk for taxpayers by further involving investors in the private capital market.
Read More »PEMCO Appoints New President and CEO
Kimiko Yamamoto was appointed president and CEO of PEMCO Limited on May 3, 2016, to succeed the company’s owner and founder, John Yamamoto, who held the role for more than 30 years.
Read More »The New Way to Qualify for an SFR Investor Loan
In order to achieve lower default rates on single-family rental investor loans, many single-family rental loan originators have enhanced their underwriting criteria. What changes did they make?
Read More »Center-Right Coalition Urges GSE Reform
Most everyone agrees that the conservatorships need to end, but cannot agree on how. What did a conservative coalition propose as the solution?
Read More »Is the Federal Reserve’s Leadership Diverse Enough?
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and 10 other U.S. senators addressed what they believe to be a problem in the demographic makeup among the Fed’s leadership.
Read More »OCC Considers New Innovation in the Banking System
The financial industry has been buzzing about the possibility of a national bank charter for non-bank financial technology companies even though such a charter has not been issued since the financial crisis.
Read More »Castro Dispels Myth About Millennials and Homeownership
The reason many members of the younger generation are slow to become homeowners is not because they don't want to, according to the HUD Secretary.
Read More »Watchdog Joins Calls for More Oversight of Non-Bank Servicers
Why does a federal watchdog believe that non-bank servicers, who now service a majority of HAMP loans, need more oversight from federal regulators?
Read More »The Path to Monetary Policy Normalization
While speculation of a June rate hike by the Fed persists, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard discussed two possibilities for the Fed to take on the normalization of monetary policy.
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