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Friday, July 16, 2010

Mortgage Repurchase: The growing writedown

by Calculated Risk on 7/16/2010 02:01:00 PM

Another graph from the BofA Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Presentation (ht Brian)

Repurchase Click on graph for larger image in new window.

This graph shows the components of BofA mortgage banking revenue. The increasing red contribution is from "Rep and warranty" - these are the loans being pushed back on BofA.

RepurchaseThe second graph/chart is from First Horizon National's second quarter presentation (page 8).

Notice the pipeline of repurchase requests continues to grow, the high rescission rate of 40-50%, and the loss severity of 50-55% (the loss to First Horizon on mortgages they have to repurchase).

Note: the FHFA issued subpoenas last week "seeking documents related to private-label mortgage-backed securities" in which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac invested. That could lead to more repurchase requests for the Wall Street banks.