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In today’s Daily Download episode, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath interviews HousingWire’s Kathleen Howley on how Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell rescued the mortgage market, initially announcing plans on March 15 to buy bonds in the form of $500 billion in Treasury bills and $200 billion of mortgage-backed securities. On a Sunday night call with journalists in mid-March, four days after th...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses some of the biggest challenges facing U.S. mortgage servicers during the Covid-19 pandemic. To get a reading on how people in the mortgage industry are handling the ever-changing impact of coronavirus, HousingWire surveyed its own LendingLife readers and received dozens of replies on how they’re handling the current lendin...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HousingWire Digital Producer Alcynna Lloyd interviews Mountain Lake Consulting CEO David Stevens, who is also the former head of the Federal Housing Administration and former Mortgage Bankers Association president, on the growing liquidity pressure that nonbanks are facing.  Stevens comments on whether or not the Federal Housing Finance Agency is doing enough to...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses an announcement from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) that credit unions can now delay appraisals up to 4 months after a mortgage closes. Last week, Federal banking regulators moved to allow banks to delay getting an appraisal on a property for as many as 120 days after a mortgage closes, and now, credit uni...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s announcement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now begin buying some mortgages that are in forbearance. Citing the need to keep the mortgage market “working for current and future homeowners during these challenging times,” the FHFA announced Wednesday that it is allowing the GSEs to...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s move to help mortgage servicers that collect payments on loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. For the last several weeks, the mortgage servicing industry has been crying out for help, lobbying the government to set up a federally backed liquidity facility for servicers to address...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses the nation’s ongoing spring home-buying season as data indicates an uptick in demand despite COVID-19 pessimism. In an article written by HousingWire’s Phil Hall, several housing industry experts question doom-and-gloom forecasts, pointing to continued activity in the mortgage space. One, in particular, Paul Buege, preside...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses the mortgage industry’s determination to revive the Paycheck Protection Program, a landmark piece of the CARES Act designed to help small businesses continue functioning while the coronavirus has the country shut down. On Thursday morning, the federal government’s rescue program ceased accepting new applications, leaving c...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HousingWire HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses a new push by the nation’s top Democrats and banking regulators to aid the housing industry’s struggling mortgage servicers. This week, House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, the ranking member on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affair...

In today’s Daily Download episode, HousingWire HW+ Managing Editor Brena Nath discusses newly announced rules from federal banking regulators, which will allow banks to delay property appraisals for as many as 120 days after a mortgage closes. On Tuesday, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ann...

In the Daily Download episode today, the Secretary of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson joins Digital Producer Alcynna Lloyd in an exclusive interview that breaks down the state of U.S. affordable housing, the nation’s lending practices and what HUD and the Federal Housing Administration are doing to address forbearance. Before jumping into the interview, HW+ Managing...

The Daily Download examines the most captivating articles reported from the HousingWire newsroom. Each afternoon, HousingWire provides its readers with a deeper look into the stories that are not only chronicling the biggest announcements within the housing finance industry, but are also helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd. Today, HW+ Managing Editor B...

The Daily Download examines the most captivating articles reported from the HousingWire newsroom. Each afternoon, HousingWire provides its readers with a deeper look into the stories that are not only chronicling the biggest announcements within the housing finance industry but are also helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd. Today, HW+ Managing Editor Br...

The Daily Download examines the most captivating articles reported from the HousingWire newsroom. Each afternoon, HousingWire provides its readers with a deeper look into the stories that are not only chronicling the biggest announcements within the housing finance industry but are also helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd. Today, HousingWire’s Communit...

The Daily Download examines the most captivating articles reported from the HousingWire newsroom. Each afternoon, HousingWire provides its readers with a deeper look into the stories that are not only chronicling the biggest announcements within the housing finance industry but are also helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd. Today, HousingWire’s Communit...

The Daily Download examines the most captivating articles reported from the HousingWire newsroom. Each afternoon, HousingWire provides its readers with a deeper look into the stories that are not only chronicling the biggest announcements within the housing finance industry but are also helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd. Today, HousingWire’s Communit...