Freddie Mac’s pilot program to extend lines of credit collateralized by mortgage servicing rights kicked into its second phase this month with the mortgage giant finding itself playing defense as the cries of “charter creep” continued to grow louder.

Improved loan-sale execution in the non-agency market has taken a bite out of the conforming-jumbo business at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis reveals. [Includes three data charts.]

Brooks was vice chairman of OneWest Bank, a depository once owned by current Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

More conventional loans that fit under the GSE loan limits for high-cost markets are ending up in non-agency mortgage-backed securities…

Wells SVP John Shrewsberry: “In first mortgage, I would say, we should outperform whatever the market is delivering…”

On Nov. 1, Fannie Mae will begin accepting applications for its new high loan-to-value ratio refinance product.

Dealmakers, including Mark Garland of MountainView Financial Solutions, expect a flurry of activity this fall.

Steve Skolnik, an industry veteran with a long career in nonprime lending, was recently hired as CEO…

The agency specifies that a two-year testing period would be the norm.

Three nonbank lenders, all owned by PE firms, are key contributors to the deal…