An industry letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency argues for expanding the scope of loan- and borrower-level information disclosed in mortgage-backed securities pools to sharpen market transparency and improve pricing precision. The correspondence contends that more granular, standardized data would enable investors to [...]
As lenders and investors increasingly favor programmatic, standardized inputs, the introduction of model-driven evaluations marks a step toward more consistent valuation and risk assessment across loan types. The service delivers automated valuation and risk outputs for qualified mortgage (QM), non-QM and specialty loans, packaged [...]
Court limits NYC enforcement of a state-authorized surcharge; Suffolk County suit by out-of-state plaintiffs raises lender compliance and risk concerns now.
SitusAMC’s Julia Curran frames mortgage AI as a powerful productivity tool that simultaneously magnifies existing operational risks if deployed without disciplined controls. She argues that algorithmic speed and scale can streamline underwriting, valuations and portfolio analytics, but only when models are grounded in high-quality [...]
Checklist for private lenders: reactivate relationships, implement a monthly process improvement, and maintain consistent useful publishing, not promotion.
Regulators should require clear, timely notice to affected parties whenever activity restrictions or supervisory limits are imposed, to preserve consumer protection and market integrity. Mandatory notice helps borrowers, counterparties and downstream servicers understand operational constraints that could affect loan servicing, pricing or eligibility, and [...]
Mortgage markets saw a pronounced pullback in weekly origination activity as effective borrowing rates clustered near 7.5% amid elevated intraday and interweek volatility. At those levels, both rate-sensitive refinance pipelines and marginal purchase demand compressed: potential buyers delayed shopping and existing borrowers shelved refinance [...]
BCB Bancorp is divesting $205.3M in nonperforming loans - $180.7M commercial/multifamily - expects a $43.3M pre-tax loss; suited to private lenders. Direct
FASB’s proposed rule would require servicers to include recapture in mortgage servicing-right valuations, reducing accounting inconsistency across firms. for
UWM's ChatUWM app adds an AI voice assistant allowing queries on pipelines, expiring locks, loan status and guidelines—insight useful to private lenders for.
