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Blackstone Group has disclosed that it has secured Fannie Mae's backing for a mortgage backed by some of the single-family homes it purchased, principally from bank-owned real estate inventories (REO), during the housing crisis. According to the Urban Institute (UI), which produced a Note on the transaction, the loan "marks the first time a government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) has facilitated financing for a large institutional operator of SFR (single-family rental) properties." Blackstone, a private equity company, operates Invitation Homes (IH), the largest single family rental operator in the U.S. which purchased an estimated 48,000 single-family homes across the country. However, UI was not alone. Frank Nothaft, Senior Economist at CoreLogic estimated recently that, of the approximately
Housing News
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Blackstone Group has disclosed that it has secured Fannie Mae's backing for a mortgage backed by some of the single-family homes it purchased, principally from bank-owned real estate inventories (REO), during the housing crisis. According to the Urba... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Residential lenders are paying raptly following the news that President Donald Trump intends to roll back much of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations through an executive order today at noon ET, and work toward rescinding the Department of Labo... (read more)
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates fell modestly today, but not enough to make it back to the lows seen earlier this week. 4.25% is still the most prevalent 30yr fixed rate on top tier scenarios, meaning day-to-day movement has been limited to upfront costs (sometimes r... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Given that this week's ADP employment numbers and the employment component of the ISM Manufacturing numbers both came in much stronger than expected, it's somewhat puzzling that we haven't seen an upward revision for today's NFP release. Typi... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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Supply and demand (“the invisible hand”) are the driver of many things in life, as are perceived shortages. So it was with great concern that Chris C. and Joe W. sent this breaking news from Kansas City about… the bacon reserve hit... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Today ended up being exceptionally quiet for bond markets in the bigger picture, although that wasn't clearly going to be the case earlier this morning. By 8:50am, yields were at their lowest levels in more than a week as investors were ... (read more)
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