Flávia Furlan Nunes
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FHFA to move Fannie, Freddie to bi-merge credit checks (opens the original)
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) plans to direct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to shift from “tri-merge” to “bi-merge” reports for loan deliveries within weeks, a person familiar with the plans told Bloomberg. FHFA officials did not immediately respond to HousingWire’s request for comment. The change, which would alter a core element of mortgage underwriting for loans sold to the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), could be announced by FHFA Director Bill Pulte during the Mortgage Ban
One pricing grid for FICO and VantageScore clouds MBS appetite (opens the original)
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)’s decision to apply the same loan-level price adjustments (LLPAs) for Classic FICO and VantageScore 4.0 loans is being viewed as a de facto incentive for VantageScore adoption — and as a source of new uncertainty around investor reactions and risk-based pricing. Industry leaders at HousingWire’s Mortgage Banking Summit in Dallas on Thursday said the move, which eliminates a prior 20-point calibration between the two credit scores, will likely accelerate
NEXA Lending pushes hybrid strategy, evoLend servicing (opens the original)
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NEXA Lending founder and executive partner Mike Kortas confirmed Thursday that his company is not built on the traditional mortgage lending model. “Retail guys will say, ‘Well, you’re a broker, right?’ Brokers will say, ‘You’re retail.’ I don’t know what I am. I’m somewhere in the middle of a twilight zone,” he said during HousingWire‘s Mortgage Banking Summit in Dallas. Founded as a traditional mortgage brokerage firm, NEXA has now a nondelegated correspondent channel and evoLend, a servicing c
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac offer temporary UAD 3.6 exception (opens the original)
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are offering a temporary policy exception for approved sellers that cannot meet the Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) 3.6 implementation deadline on Nov. 2, they announced Wednesday. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are allowing limited continued use of UAD 2.6 appraisal reports into mid-2027. Under the one-time exception, sellers that receive approval from the applicable GSE will be able to submit new UAD 2.6 appraisal reports to the Uniform Collateral Data P
Garg says he has majority support to return to Better (opens the original)
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Company founder Vishal Garg is claiming that the majority of Better Home & Finance Holding Co. shareholders have provided written consent for him to return to a senior leadership role and change the composition of the company’s board of directors. A Better spokesperson declined to comment when reached by HousingWire. The consent solicitation by Garg, who was removed as CEO by Better’s board in early August and replaced on an interim basis by activist investor Daniel Lewis, seeks to remove five d
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