Analysts said Bill Pulte’s new additional role as spy chief will further delay GSE privatization efforts, although that could change if he formally departed.

Cotality’s fraud risk index hit its best mark since 2023, but investment and multifamily properties are driving elevated risk.

The company’s plan to reduce the servicing rights sold helped it clear one key hurdle to its agreement with Finance of America.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte won the White House’s favor by acting as an attack dog for the administration, using his agency’s data to target President Trump’s political enemies with fraud allegations, though those efforts have not withstood judicial scrutiny.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will accept the legislatively-mandated partial-claim option soon and servicing systems must accommodate it by November 28th.

Uncommonly Uneventful Day

No one will accuse us of clickbait titles today, or even clickbait analysis. There’s just not much to say. Unlike the average trading day of late, bonds held inside a very narrow range AND didn’t visibly respond to any major Iran war news (and the typical oil price volatility that follows). Oil prices definitely moved a bit, and bond yields generally followed, but the range was well inside yesterday’s. For a few minutes, it looked like bonds were going to struggle with the job openings data, but they quickly found their footing and drifted sideways into the close.

Market Movement Recap

09:36 AM Modestly stronger overnight but nearly unchanged now with MBS up only 1 tick (.03). 10yr down 1bp at 4.446

10:12 AM Some selling after JOLTS data, but stabilizing now. MBS down 1 tick (.03) and 10yr down just over half a bp at 4.45

The letter requested the agency to consider expanding the use of hybrid valuation methodologies and increasing the deployment of value acceptance.

A new state omnibus bill also adds explicit language and rules addressing servicing loan transfers and timely notifications of changes in escrow amounts.

The retained portfolios’ latest record monthly number puts Fannie Mae in front while Freddie Mac has held onto a lead in quarterly single-family loan purchases.

BCG finds lenders are turning to AI and M&A to permanently cut costs, even as origination volume and gain-on-sale margins showed year-over-year improvement in Q1.