Rithm continues to post strong earnings, but officials at the REIT are frustrated by how the market treats its stock. It also has a SPAC-in-waiting and a mortgage company it would like to spin off.

Chase is pushing for Congress to increase housing supply and mortgage credit, among other affordability fixes.

FOMC holds federal funds rate steady; MBA expects rate cut later this year; House committee votes to slash CFPB’s budget.

The recent tightening of FHA loss-mitigation options will likely lead to more early loan buyouts, which PennyMac CEO David Spector sees, at the very least, as a net neutral development for the business.

A week before the Department of Veterans Affairs closed the door on its Servicing Purchase program, it issued some guidance for uncertain servicers, but holes remained.

FHA has rescinded a pair of policies enacted in 2022 that were meant to give owner-occupants an upper hand in foreclosure sales over institutional investors.

The steep property insurance and tax bills driving the rise in FHA late rates are not likely to come down anytime soon, meaning delinquencies will likely stay up too.

Sens. Ruben Gallego, D-AZ, and Dave McCormick, R-PA, this week introduced legislation that would sharply increase FHA multifamily loan limits.

The Mortgage Bankers Association urged the Department of Housing and Urban Development to scrap regulatory requirements for multifamily housing under the National Environmental Policy Act, along with other environmental and zoning restrictions.

FHA upgrades FHA Connection system to guard against cyberattacks; HUD to revise legal instructions for lenders to obtain full insurance benefits; White House proposes eliminating single-family housing direct loans under the USDA’s Rural Development program.