An estimated 69.5 percent of third-quarter mortgage originations were funneled into securities, according to affiliated publication Inside MBS & ABS.

The GSEs are expected to assess the current mortgage servicing business model and develop plans to support liquidity in the mortgage servicing market.

Certain temporary modifications have been made to allow lenders to submit demographic information if the currently available fields in the system match the data submitted. Otherwise, just leave the fields blank, according to the FHA.

The Government Accountability Office, in a new report, urged Congress to specify the economic conditions it believes the FHA mortgage insurance fund can withstand without supplemental funds.

Congressional leaders are working behind closed doors on a stopgap-spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown and keep federal agencies operating past Dec. 22.

Mortgage lenders and servicers chalked up a win following a federal appeals court decision that would make it harder for the government and whistleblowers to pursue a claim under the False Claims Act.

Correspondents, which account for a large percentage of government-insured lending, saw their share grow in 2017 even as retail went through a production slump, according to an analysis by Inside FHA/ VA Lending.

Ginnie Mae’s latest efforts to rein in serial VA refinancing and rapid prepayments in mortgage-backed securities pools augur additional changes to pooling and refi requirements at Ginnie and the Department of Veterans Affairs, analysts said.

The Department of Housing and Urban Affairs plans to act on two new rules in 2018 relating to allowable fees and charges on VA loans as well as the type of loans that are “qualified mortgages.”