Cowen adds the nomination “also leaves the door open to FHA premium cuts, though the real driver of that will be the pick of an FHA commissioner.”

The volume of jumbo mortgages outstanding rose to an estimated $892.4 billion as of the end of September…

The National Association of Realtors defended its first-time homebuyer surveys…

Cowen adds the nomination “also leaves the door open to FHA premium cuts, though the real driver of that will be the pick of an FHA commissioner.”

SFIG’s Marketplace Lending Committee includes 250 individuals representing more than 70 companies.

HUD decided to ease the HR rules in new guidance issued at the end of November...

Freddie Mac posted a 45.9 percent market share for November – 10.2 percentage points higher than in the previous month…

Cowen & Co. believes there’s now a 65 percent chance that GSE reform will happen over the next two years.

The case against Allied Home Mortgage stemmed from a “whistleblower” action filed in Boston back in 2011.

New production of agency single-family MBS in November was down 8.2 percent from the previous month, according to a preliminary Inside MBS & ABS analysis. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae issued a combined $134.70 billion of single-family MBS in November, the lowest monthly total since July. A decline wasn’t unexpected: the housing market is on the downslope of its seasonal trend and rising mortgage interest rates are taking some of the steam out of the refinance market. What is a little unusual is...[Includes two data tables]