Mortgage originations down at big banks in second quarter; Better does worse in first quarter; loanDepot downsizing; foreclosure activity ramping up; MISMO remains busy.

At the first of three planned listening sessions, FHFA heard that for-profit investors increasingly use litigation to pressure nonprofit affordable housing developers to sell LIHTC-funded properties at minimal prices.

A new research paper co-authored by officials at the Federal Reserve argues that the public/private nature of the FHLBs has allowed them to engage in activities not expressly foreseen by Congress.

The number of loans in Fannie and Freddie portfolios that are less than two years delinquent nearly tripled in 2021, courtesy of COVID.

Thirty-nine states have programs that provide victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse with substitute mailing addresses to help hide their physical location.

Fannie and Freddie have published translations of the supplemental consumer information forms into five languages.

The real estate investment management firm has tapped the former Fannie official in charge of developing Desktop Underwriter to handle technology practice.

The top three non-agency issuers for the first six months of 2022: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Onslow Bay...

The stagecoach added that year-over-year results were partially offset by higher mortgage servicing income.

In 2021, Sunstreet originated roughly $800 million in residential mortgages...