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Black Americans still face massive housing barriers

Housing Wire

Nationwide, Redfin reported that 16% of Black Americans who apply for mortgages are rejected, compared with 7% of white Americans. The CFPB found that lenders engaged in deceptive business practices, including violations of the Truth in Lending Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and provided inaccurate data on mortgage loans.

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Underwriter shortage slowing the pace of private-label deals

Housing Wire

The supply-chain bottleneck afflicting the global economy has its own counterpart in the world of residential mortgage-backed securities, also referred to as RMBS. One group of industry players — loan underwriters — are the chief cause of the logjam. They don’t underwrite every loan in an MSR trade,” he explained.