After roiling markets with unclear signals about when it will begin to taper asset purchases, the Federal Reserve returned to boilerplate guidance.

Congress passed legislation allowing HUD to reform the Home-Equity Conversion Mortgage program.

Credit Suisse issued a non-agency jumbo MBS with loans seasoned an average of three months that had interest rates well below current rates.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency withdrew a proposed rule it was forced to issue regarding Property Assessed Clean Energy programs after prevailing in court.

The Senate won't vote on the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt, D-NC, for director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, before leaving for its August recess.

Richmond, CA, is set to become the first city to implement the highly controversial eminent domain plan offered by Mortgage Resolution Partners.

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs approved S.1376, the FHA Solvency Act of 2013, on a vote of 20-to-1.

A Fannie SVP noted that the GSE's whole-loan conduit allowed 1,100 lenders to deliver loans to Fannie for cash in 2012.

Everbank is closing its wholesale business with mortgage brokers.

Mortgage production volume remained steady in the second quarter amid a growing purchase-mortgage market.