Then again, Fannie and Freddie don’t buy everything that’s eligible. In recent months, there has been a burst of non-agency MBS issuance backed by GSE-eligible loans...

When it comes to lending products, the 'Stagecoach" is lightening its load...

For some sellers, the curbs don’t represent much of a bump in the road. For Quicken Loans, the top GSE seller over the 12-month period, investor/second-home loans were roughly 5.5% of its sales to both Fannie and Freddie.

Also, there will be no restrictions on loan size...

The mortgage M&A market is pockmarked with indecisive sellers...

After warning the council about the risks posed by government money market funds, Calabria went on to point out that these funds have large exposures to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks.

Ball game over for depository residential originators?

The common and “junior” preferred investors were (more or less) given up for dead in late 2008...

After months of rumors, Julia Gordon was tapped to lead FHA...

Investors in Fannie/Freddie common (and preferreds) were licking their wounds this week after the Supreme Court essentially ruled against them. Moral of the story: Stock speculation is not for the weak of heart.