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How the PLS market is making money on delinquent loans 

Housing Wire

Since then, Lakeview has unveiled two additional PLS offerings involving pools of delinquent FHA loans also securitized via Ginnie Mae. The more recent offerings — Lakeview Trust 2022-EBO2, which closed in late April; and Lakeview Trust 2022-EBO3, set to close in early June — also involve EBO loans, according to KBRA ratings reports.

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GSEs completed nearly 60,000 foreclosure prevention actions in Q1 2023: FHFA

Housing Wire

The total number of loans in forbearance at the end of Q1 stood at 65,757, coming out to 0.21% of the total loans serviced and 15% of delinquent loans. Sixteen percent of home modifications in Q1 were modifications with principal forbearance, the report said. The serious delinquency rate also decreased to 0.6%

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Agent commission lawsuits cast long shadow over VA, FHA borrowers

Housing Wire

The guilty verdict of the landmark Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit case sent shockwaves across the real estate industry. In the aftermath, one of the most contentious issues in the minds of mortgage professionals is how the ruling might affect FHA and VA mortgage borrowers. “VA loans are probably the best loans on the market.

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HUD says FHA delinquencies “positive sign” as it weighs premium pricing

Housing Wire

The serious delinquency rate in the Federal Housing Administration loan portfolio is now far less than its pandemic peak, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said sustained improvement will factor in to whether it adjusts mortgage insurance premiums. Caught in the safety net.

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Rate buydowns are the cat’s meow in today’s market

Housing Wire

Michael Neal, principal research associate at the Urban Institute ’s Housing Finance Policy Center, said research shows that rate buydowns that are longer-term, or even permanent, coupled with other down payment assistance, can help homeowners build equity, and consequently wealth, faster.

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Who’s positioned to capitalize on Wells Fargo’s mortgage retreat

Housing Wire

s mortgage business has been the subject of industry speculation in the wake of a Bloomberg report indicating that the lending giant plans to shrink its enormous mortgage footprint , including a likely pull-back from the correspondent lending business. Unlike Fannie and Freddie, however, Ginnie does not purchase loans.

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When borrowers ‘ghost’ their servicers

Housing Wire

Ellie Pepper, deputy director at the National Housing Resource Center ( NHRC ), an advocate for the nonprofit housing counseling industry, said the past still looms large for many borrowers. For example, with Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) loans, 1.5

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