Although mortgage rates are still relatively close to their highest levels in 9 months, they continue moving lower after hitting those highs as the beginning of last week. Today’s improvement follows news over the weekend that the U.S. and Iran are even closer to agreeing on a framework that would end the war. The war […]
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Long-time mortgage industry executive Rick Thornberry is retiring as the CEO of the Radian Group just months after overseeing a major business shift into a multi-line insurer. Processing Content The company closed on its purchase of Inigo, a Lloyd’s specialty insurer in February; it is still in the process of selling its real estate services
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The mortgage securitization market is facing two significant shifts: a proposed regulatory change that could reduce risk weights for private-label MBS, and an industry push for due diligence standards aimed at keeping up with surging growth in second-lien products. Processing Content The risk weighting for investment-grade MBS in the private market would fall from 20%
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