The regulator of Fannie and Freddie wants the enterprises to pay close attention to the asset values their customers are placing on their MSR portfolios. Meanwhile, the mortgage company IPO market is dead. Right?

Among nonbanks, the larger shops saw their slice of the pie grow by two percentage points.

Notable: Roughly 9.9% of all purchase loans were in the under-60% LTV range, a 289-bps increase since the first quarter.

The Temporary Market Stabilization Agreement is intended to bolster Florida’s property insurance system, but has created widespread confusion...

The worst of all time (WOAT) was 2007, from which sellers repurchased 7.40% of GSE issuance.

Institutional investors are increasingly scooping up affordable single-family homes, creating an unlevel playing field for low-income first-time homebuyers, affordable housing advocates said at a recent HUD event.

Freddie believes the change would be especially appropriate for refis that benefit consumers in a concrete way...

Purchase-money mortgages accounted for 79.3% of November issuance...

Interest rates keep falling but has a trough been reached? And if so, have REITs been bottomfishing in conventional MBS? Also, what’s the outlook for 2023 in terms of capital raises?

Top executives from the nation’s private mortgage insurers say they’re monitoring volatility and preparing for an uptick in unemployment.