You might say that in the end, Treasury cannot lose when it comes to the GSEs...

In 2016, the overall denial rate for applications for jumbo mortgages was 18.6 percent.

The wording of the language-preference question first tells borrowers that their loan transaction is likely to be conducted in English but gives them the option of selecting one of six languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese…

Also, lender websites don’t seem to sway consumer choices very much…

Some 6.03 percent of FHA loans were 30-to-60 days past due as of the end of the third quarter, up from 4.51 percent in June.

NAHB said by sharply reducing the number of taxpayers who would itemize, “what’s left is a tax bill that essentially eviscerates the mortgage interest deduction…”

No GSE-retained portfolios in Treasury's plan?

In February, SoftBank agreed to buy Fortress for roughly $3.3 billion in cash.

New issuance of credit-risk transfer debt notes by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slowed during the third quarter of 2017, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. However, Freddie recently issued a small CRT variation that’s designed to expand participation in the market by real estate investment trusts and foreign investors. During the third quarter, the two government-sponsored enterprises issued $3.62 billion of traditional CRT notes through ... [Includes one data chart]

Work on housing-finance reform looks likely to ramp up in the coming weeks and months, including a document from the Trump administration and legislation in the Senate. But many policy analysts believe that passage of comprehensive legislation is still years away, giving great power to the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The Treasury Department will likely release principles on housing-finance reform within weeks, according to David Stevens ...