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The rain is still pouring down in Oahu, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ahead of the game. Both GSEs have already announced that their disaster relief programs are in effect for those impacted by Hurricane Lane. Assistance is available for borrowers with GSE related mortgages on homes in presidentially-declared disaster areas where the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made individual assistance programs available. We would assume in this case that would be everyone in Hawaii, but where that type of FEMA assistance is not available, servicers are advised they can leverage short-term forbearance programs to provide immediate assistance to affected borrowers. The relief available from the GSEs includes: Forbearance from making mortgage payments for up to 12 months. Waived late
Housing News
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The rain is still pouring down in Oahu, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ahead of the game. Both GSEs have already announced that their disaster relief programs are in effect for those impacted by Hurricane Lane. Assistance is available for borrowe... (read more)
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Rob Chrisman
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There are definitional differences between PUDs, condos, apartments, and townhomes, including who owns the land. (Based on historical performance of delinquencies, potential liability, and servicing values, some investors price them differently.) I m... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Dear Kansas City Fed,
Thank you for hosting another year of the storied Jackson Hole Symposium. I'm not here to vent about the fact that you could easily handle this event in Kansas City instead of in a venue that sort of exemplifies much ... (read more)
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Mortgage Rate Watch
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Mortgage rates have been more or less unchanged since August 10th . That's an impressively boring streak even by summertime standards. Why does summertime matter? Simply put, rates are ultimately a factor of trading that's conducted directly or indir... (read more)
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Housing News
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The first serious mortgage related impact from last fall's hurricanes started to hit home in July . Foreclosure starts rose 11 percent from June, with the greatest change 19 percent, in storm affected parts of Texas. Black Knight said, in its "first ... (read more)
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MBS Commentary
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Not since the eerie holiday-inspired silence of December 22nd 2017 have bonds put in as narrow of a trading day as they did today. 10yr yields didn't even crack a 0.02% range. It really doesn't get much narrower than that. MBS did... (read more)
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