When the depositions finally occurred, a CFPB witness used “memory aids” to deliver rote, sometimes unresponsive answers to questions.

In other words, the FHFA will once again order the dividends to be paid to Treasury. Right?

Despite increased originations, FHA data show HECM production, in general, has been on a gradual decline for several years…

Acting Ginnie Mae President Michael Bright confirmed the resurgence of inappropriate streamline refinancing in securitization pools, promising a crackdown…

“We want to know if there are impediments because of our rules,” said CFPB Policy Analyst Patrick Orr…

The Fannie balance of the pool accounts for $1.33 billion of the receivables.

Lenda originally began as a refinance provider in 2013…

The FHA nominee had been a Radian director since 2012…

Over the past several weeks, the Treasury Department has been meeting with several industry trade groups about the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, discussing – among other things – what to do about the impending “zero capital” problem as well as the topic of multiple guarantors. Treasury’s goal, these officials said, is to come up with a workable blueprint on the future of the government-sponsored enterprises and the nation’s housing finance system – changes that might touch Ginnie Mae as well. Late this week there was...

The seasonal surge in primary market mortgage originations stood in stark contrast to a slump in new residential MBS issuance during the second quarter of 2017. Mortgage lenders originated an estimated $455.0 billion of new first-lien loans during the April-June cycle, an 18.2 percent increase from the first three months of the year, according to estimates by Inside Mortgage Finance. But the secondary market generated just $294.7 billion in MBS backed by purchase and refinance loans – a 5.3 percent decline. The result was...[Includes one data table]