To back up his claims, the FHFA chief cited statistics on loan acquisitions by Fannie and Freddie over the past eight months.

Credit unions, however, continued to grow their holdings of home-equity loans, up 1.9% to $92.5 billion as of the end of the third quarter. New HEL originations edged up 0.7% from the previous period to $9.7 billion.

Private-label commercial MBS issuance likely will climb to $120 billion in 2020 thanks to low interest rates and benign commercial real estate conditions. But there's a never-ending storm cloud: retail.

Financial regulators are backing “responsible use” of alternative data in loan underwriting but there are still many uncertainties, particularly in the world of residential finance. More to come? Indeed.

When it comes to selling additional shares, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is not shy…

Both the FHA and VA sectors saw declining securitization volume, but the VA took the bigger hit, a 12.1% drop from October.

Directors Mortgage hopes to open new offices in Colorado and New Mexico by the second quarter of 2020.

Investors see more value in non-QM whole loans rather than securitized credit products…

At the time, industry attorneys were concerned the review sought by All American could take the Supreme Court beyond the analysis and determination sought in the Seila Law case...