Mortgage

Analysis: 1.4 Million GSE Mortgages In Forbearance

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Mark Calabria appears to have misjudged the burden the coronavirus pandemic is going to have on the mortgage industry. Calabria, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told HousingWire earlier this month that he expected about 1 million mortgages backed by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to go into forbearance. Financial technology firm Black Knight found that there were nearly 1.4 million Fannie and Freddie loans in forbearance as of Friday, April 19 – representing 4.9 percent of their mortgages. “In these times, it is essential to both our industry and for the benefit of the entire U.S. economy to have a clear understanding of the magnitude of the mortgage forbearance situation,” Black Knight CEO Anthony Jabbour said. Calabria has been…

IMB Profits Grew 300% In 2019

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By Jim Perskie The lending business was significantly more profitable for independent mortgage banks (IMBs) in 2019. IMBs and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks made an average profit of $1,470 on each loan they originated last year – up from $367 in 2018, according to a report released Friday by Mortgage Bankers Association. The report also found: Average production volume was $2.7 billion (10,411 loans) per company in 2019, up from $2 billion (8,171 loans) per company in 2018.On a repeater company basis, average production volume was $2.94 billion (11,227 loans) in 2019, up from $2.14 billion (8,805 loans) in 2018. For the mortgage industry as whole, MBA estimates production volume at $2.17 trillion in 2019, up from $1.68 trillion in 2018.The…