Appeals court backs Ginnie Mae over bank in HECM fight

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BREAKING — A federal appeals court has sided with Ginnie Mae in a dispute over reverse-mortgage collateral, National Mortgage News reports, rejecting Texas Capital Bank's claim that the government housing finance agency acted unlawfully when it extinguished the bank's interest in mortgage collateral connected to 2022 bankruptcy financing for a lender. The case centered on Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, the federally insured reverse-mortgage program that Ginnie Mae guarantees and pools for investors. The ruling affirms Ginnie Mae's statutory authority to protect the integrity of its mortgage-backed securities program even when private financing arrangements are involved.

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