Unexplained fair market gains bolster Treasury’s stake in the GSEs by more than 100%.

The enterprise’s suite of services will soon include the capability to use direct deposit data to assess borrower income.

The enterprises should have procedures supervising “covered parties,” up to and including monitoring their brokerage accounts.

Many of the largest mortgage servicing companies were left off the podium in the annual awards programs of Fannie and Freddie.

The new Ginnie Mae chief said the agency hasn’t yet determined what avenues would make sense but “specialized pools” could be a possibility...

For some large sellers of mortgage servicing rights, the sale of smaller portfolios just isn’t worth their time...

To date, Rocket has repurchased 20.7 million shares at an average price of $15.08 a unit...

Agency MBS issuance was up again in 2021 but modestly...

Rocket Mortgage, the big Kahuna of home finance, was not immune from higher interest rates in the fourth quarter. Still, the nonbank is rewarding shareholders with a special dividend of $1.01.

While servicing for others among banks declined slightly in the fourth quarter, trends varied among the big boys. Top-ranked Wells continued to reduce its portfolio while second-ranked JPM was an active buyer of MSRs. (Includes data chart.)