This came about after 2009 financial crisis, once regulators realized the banks were playing fast and loose with mortgage lending. Unlike TARP, they inherited that debt and have held onto ever since.
My impression was:
- conventional is within risk margins of banks and they own that risk
- fha requires pmi, that is insurance you buy to cover the extra bank risk
- va, mortgages to veterans that the government own
In my case, 30 days after we closed on a conventional loan, the bank sent us a letter stating the loan was transferred to Fannie Mae. They would continue to do the servicing of taking payments, collections, and closing for the next 30 years, hopefully. But SOP is close on the loan and send it to FannieMae.
The old days when you would closed the loan the bank would immediately package it and shop it around. Prior to the financial crisis your loan would constantly be moving around as if it was being traded on Wall Street, which it was. People were sending checks to banks that didn't even hold the loan.
I don't think that happened to me, the bank kept taking my money so I assumed the owned the house that I was paying them back for.
> The old days when you would closed the loan the bank would immediately package it and shop it around
This is probably mortgages 101, but why was that the case? Is it, in general, more favorable to sell off mortgage liabilities or where there conditions that made that true?
There never was a return to the markets as pre-2008, meaning there never was a recovery.
One reason to sell a mortgage is to get the money back. Instead of making money slowly over 30 years, you get some fraction of that as a lump sum plus your principal is returned. Some investors want the steady payout for more, others want fast turnover for less.