Arch Chief Economist DeFranco says despite lower sales, it’s still a seller’s market in most cities…

Making sure the MBS issued by the two GSEs perform identically, within narrow limits, is key to convincing traders…

A huge chunk of the fall-off in Fannie/Freddie MBS holdings occurred at Wells Fargo, which reduced its investment in these securities by $7.31 billion.

The implication is that banks – which seems to have excess capacity on their balance sheets – could simply hold conventional loans in portfolio…

According to a statement issued by Ocwen, while at Fannie Yanoti was responsible for developing the common securitization platform.

Altisource has a stock repurchase plan in place that expires at Dec. 31…

Cowen believes Mnuchin will survive the turbulence but notes the situation still poses a risk to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the big banks…

Initiating non-judicial foreclosure is not a debt collection activity under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the CFPB argued in a recent court filing in the U.S. Supreme Court. The court decision could have significant impact on the mortgage industry.

Servicers working with distressed borrowers now have fewer loan modification options due to higher mortgage interest rates.

The primary mortgage market’s growing reliance on purchase-money lending helped swing a little more business to correspondent lenders in the third quarter of 2018, according to an Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. [Includes four data charts.]