Federal oversight is still needed to monitor the systemic risks to the housing-finance system, according to two separate reports from the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office.

Potential owner-occupants, along with nonprofits and government entities, will soon get more time to bid on HUD real estate-owned single-family homes before they are available to investors.

FHA Catalyst activates new mortgagee administrator role; VA increasing aggregate loan guarantee funding for specially adapted housing; Ginnie Mae to adopt blockchain technology; VA to hike fines for lenders that make false loan guarantee certifications.

The bank’s fourth-quarter lending was flat, but it had record level originations for the year and expects volume to increase in 2022.

Strong home price appreciation helped push some GSE conforming jumbos into the non-agency market. Are loans for second homes next? (Includes data chart.)

The California-based mortgage lender has a new CEO and plans to increase its non-QM production and issue MBS.

Recent non-agency MBS include the year’s first expanded-credit MBS, plenty of prime deals and even a security with proprietary reverse mortgages.

UWM’s new jumbo promises its lowest interest rate yet, while Arc Home’s offer includes investment-property loans with balances of up to $2.0 million.

A&D Mortgage receives servicer rating; Bayview buys operator of “We Buy Ugly Houses;” Redwood invests in firm that applies AI to photos from real estate listings.

For months now, rumors have been circulating that Signature was planning to make a big splash in warehouse finance, having hired a former Wells Fargo executive...