ICBA: “They [Freddie] can say whatever they want to, but financing MSR crosses the line.”

The FHA has proposed a similar user fee but has been denied repeatedly by Congress…

Recently, Inside Nonconforming Markets published its second quarter ranking of expanded-credit lenders, but Deephaven did not appear.

CFPB chief Mick Mulvaney said the bureau is “no longer allowed” to make any rules about disparate impact under ECOA…

Meanwhile, Hindman doesn’t see Amazon or Google buying an existing mortgage franchise...

Mortgages from 74 lenders will be included in the deal…

The megabank is not commenting on how the cuts might affect specific business units...

Most of the major MBS investor groups added to their holdings during the second quarter of 2018, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. [Includes two data charts.]

Wells Fargo plans to test the market for jumbo MBS issuance within the next year, according to John Shrewsberry, a senior executive vice president and chief financial officer at the bank.

The average daily trading volume in agency MBS fell to just $188.4 billion in August, the lowest reading of the year and a possible sign of trouble ahead, according to figures compiled by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.