Fannie Mae’s delay in releasing its 2012 earnings underscores the sharp turnaround in the con-servatorships of the two government-sponsored enterprises, which lately have begun spewing earnings like the good old days.Freddie Mac, which managed to get its reporting done on time, recorded a whopping $16.0 bil-lion in net income last year, and there’s widespread speculation that Fannie Mae will beat that mark with room to spare.

Quicken is buying a large MSR portfolio from the government-owned Ally Bank and more deals may be in the works.

The Federal Reserve will continue to gobble up MBS and other long-term bonds, which means mortgage rates should stay low.

The FHFA IG, in a new report, is critical of how Freddie Mac is managing its services regarding consumer complaints.

The long awaited recovery in the jumbo MBS market may finally be here as more banks plan to issue securities.

Genworth is losing a top MI executive to a mortgage servicer. And more woes for Chimera...

Stable interest rates are making refinancing less attractive to the newest mortgage borrowers, which should keep prepayment rates very low.

The share of cash purchases of homes increased for five consecutive months, hitting 32.3 percent in February, based on the three-month moving average.

Is the refinancing boom finally over? Some mortgage bankers are beginning to get nervous.

Can Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac capture $93 billion in deferred tax assets - money that ultimately will flow through to the U.S. Treasury?