One Freddie shareholder quipped: "It sounds like something their advisors would have recommended – to improve proforma [earnings] going into a capital raise."  

Mat Ishbia of UWM: “We feel great knowing more LOs [loan officers] and consumers are going through the broker channel…”

Wells Fargo posted a 6.5% increase in repurchases from the second quarter, though its year-to-date volume was down from 2018.

The senators asked for a detailed timeline for ending the conservatorships and a list of benchmarks the GSEs must meet.

The deduction for mortgage insurance premiums and a tax break on forgiven mortgage debt had expired at the end of 2017 while funding for the National Flood Insurance Program was set to elapse on Dec. 20.

In 2017, Judge Sweeney ordered the government to produce many of these documents...

However, some lenders, including Flagstar Bancorp, are being careful about adding new workers.

To this point, LendingHome's originations have been concentrated on fix-and-flip bridge loans.

GSE purchase-mortgage business cooled off, falling 4.9% from the previous month, but refi volume jumped 13.3% to $70.5 billion in November.