Single-family MBS issuance jumped 25.7 percent during the third quarter to $440.77 billion…

Radian agreed to buy Clayton in May 2014 for $305 million.

On average, the loans have seasoned just 1.9 months, one of the fastest turn times for a jumbo MBS in recent years…

In its proposed rulemaking, the CFPB clearly indicated it was not going to re-open the substance of the rule and address what it considered policy issues…

Issuance of new residential MBS and non-mortgage ABS rose sharply in the third quarter of 2016, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. The market produced a total of $494.11 billion in new MBS and ABS during the third quarter, a 25.0 percent increase from the second quarter. That brought year-to-date production to $1.208 trillion, slightly ahead of the pace set during the same period in 2015. It was...[Includes one data table]

Freddie Mac’s third-quarter MBS business was up 36.0 percent from the previous period, thanks to a whopping 43.6 percent jump in purchase-mortgage business…

Cash-out refis are propping up the refi market, said one analyst.

In a letter to its shareholders, Fairholme called the GSEs “two of the best businesses ever owned by the funds.”

A $2 trillion year for mortgage originators? It might be…

The MSR package has a heavy West Coast concentration, MIAC said.