Homepoint
Loan Markets

Homepoint Rolls Out Jumbo ARM Loans

Homepoint’s Jumbo ARM is a strategic addition to the company’s expanding jumbo portfolio. KEY TAKEAWAYS ARMs are continuing to rise in popularity as applications increased to a 14-year high this May and are three times […]

Fannie Mae
Loan Markets

Fannie Mae forecasts a slowing economy

Fannie Mae’s latest economic forecast calls for lower GDP growth and higher inflation in 2022 than in earlier forecasts. Their new housing forecast predicts multifamily housing starts to be higher in 2022 but lower in […]

Mortgage
Loan Markets

Strong multifamily mortgage originations in Q1

A report from the Mortgage Bankers’ Association (MBA) says that multifamily mortgages originations in Q1 were up sharply on a year-over-year basis. Tracking multifamily mortgage originations The first chart, below, shows the quarterly origination volume indices since […]

Fitch Assigns Expected Ratings
Loan Markets

Fitch Assigns Expected Ratings To Non-QM Offering

Certificates are supported by 909 loans originated by A&D Mortgage with a balance of approximately $392.11 million. Fitch Ratings has assigned expected ratings to Imperial Fund Mortgage Trust 2022-NQM4 (IMPRL 2022-NQM4). IMPRL 2022-NQM4 consists of […]

Mortgage Rate
Loan Markets

Economic Volatility Causing Mortgage Rate Volatility

Freddie Mac officials say the volatility is causing purchase demand to wane. Freddie Mac’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey report released Thursday showed two decreases in mortgage rates and one increase, signaling that economic volatility is causing […]