The GSE "common securitization platform" is under construction and already potential add-ons are being discussed, including a loan acquisition module.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency plans to survey residential borrowers about how they were treated by lenders.

Nationstar Mortgage is getting serious about the origination business. On Tuesday it revealed plans to purchase a high-volume call center operation.

It's official: Come January of next year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will only be able to purchase qualified mortgages.

Residential lenders produced a total of $63.7 billion in new FHA-insured loans during the quarter, down slightly from the previous quarter.

A new investment banking firm wants to help nonbanks raise capital.

Law enforcement officials say some of the nation's megabanks are violating terms of the historic national servicing settlement.

The game is on: MBA wants a single GSE security and will lobby aggressively on the issue.

Business must be good for Nationstar Mortgage. The fast growing servicer is trying to pull off a huge debt swap.

Overall FHA loan production dropped a tad during the first quarter of 2013 even as refinancing volume remained elevated, according to an Inside FHA Lending analysis of agency data. FHA lenders produced a total of $63.7 billion in new FHA-insured loans during the quarter, down 0.6 percent from the previous quarter but up 27.4 percent from the same period last year. FHA streamline refinancing rose 8.4 percent to $31.0 billion in the first quarter from the prior period. That was also up a whopping 97.8 percent from the same period last year. In a new report to Congress, the ... [2 charts]