To meet FHFA’s new mission-driven purchase volume requirements, Freddie Mac will modify its guarantee-fee discounts for low-, very-low- and moderate-income loans.

Rates are rising and that means an end to the refi boom? Don’t bet on it.

HUD could face challenges in ensuring that complete data is received from servicers regarding loans in forbearance, necessary for the processing of future claims.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 19.4% of Black borrowers missed or delayed their September mortgage payment. The University of Southern California’s Understanding America Study put the figure at just 5.9%.

The proposal, if issued, will allow credit unions to purchase MSRs as an investment.

It’s been slow going when it comes to the sale of mortgage companies. But 2021 shows some promise — as long as rates don’t tank again.

QM status will no longer be tied to whether a loan is eligible for sale to the GSEs, potentially prompting a shift toward non-agency mortgages.

State regulators should propose thresholds to relieve smaller nonbank servicers from certain regulatory requirements, said the CHLA.

New legislation would extend zero-downpayment loans to more than 400,000 Guard members.

Justice Stephen Breyer raised eyebrows by characterizing the government’s net worth sweep of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits as nationalization of the GSEs.