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How the Basel Endgame could impact the mortgage market 

Housing Wire

Rumors this week that regulators would increase residential mortgage capital requirements for larger depositary banks, far exceeding international standards under the Basel III rules, have raised alarms for industry executives, analysts and trade groups. To understand the context, U.S.

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This global investment firm wants to become a non-QM rainmaker

Housing Wire

The new REMIC, Mill City Loan Holdings LLC , will serve as a mortgage conduit for funds managed by CarVal while also developing relationships with originators to acquire “residential mortgage assets across multiple strategies,” according to a CarVal statement announcing the launch of the REMIC, which will do business as Mill City Loans.

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2023: A year of retrenchment for the secondary mortgage market

Housing Wire

“The market progressively got worse around the start July of 2022 and then throughout the course of 2023, driven by the Federal Reserve raising rates and the lack of liquidity in the banking sector,” said John Toohig, head of whole-loan trading on the Raymond James whole-loan desk and president of Raymond James Mortgage Co.

Mortgages 354
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Mortgage rates might soar even higher

Housing Wire

Following the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates by an additional 75 basis points on Wednesday, the central bank said it will hike rates as high as 4.6% The volume is slightly lower than in May when it hit a 14-year high of nearly 11% of the overall residential mortgage applications. Mortgage rates have nearly doubled to around 6.5%

Mortgages 411
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‘Mortgage winter’ is expected to thaw a bit

Housing Wire

Last year, fast-rising rates and related volatility, coupled with liquidity challenges in the bank and nonbank sectors, high home prices and a shortage of housing inventory all worked together to suppress mortgage originations and the secondary market outlets for those loans as well.

Mortgages 417
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Opinion: why HELOC demand will surge

Housing Wire

The residential real estate industry faces an interesting dynamic of rising mortgage rates while, at the same time, homeowners have record equity in their homes. Once approved for a HELOC, they can access the line of credit as needed, as opposed to having cash sitting in a savings bank from a refi. homeowners.

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Opinion: Why HELOC demand will surge

Housing Wire

The residential real estate industry faces an interesting dynamic of rising mortgage rates while, at the same time, homeowners have record equity in their homes. Once approved for a HELOC, they can access the line of credit as needed, as opposed to having cash sitting in a savings bank from a refi. homeowners.

Equity 382