Total MBS and ABS issuance rose almost 3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012 to $515.3 billion during the first three months of 2013, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis and ranking.

Freddie Mac has a new head of single-family: David Lowman, an industry veteran who in the past headed mortgage operations at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.

The FHFA has extended the popular HARP 2.0 program until the end of 2015. But what about HARP 3.0?

The White House expects huge profits over the next 10 years from - drum roll please - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Two-thirds of the nearly 2,000 real estate agents that responded to a Campbell Communications and Inside Mortgage Finance survey want mortgage closings in 30 days or less.

Borrowers with loan-to-value ratios greater than 105 percent accounted for 47 percent of HARP volume in January.

The upcoming White House meeting on mortgage and housing issues may not address loan standards at all. Wells confirms plan to hire MSR 'project manager.'

According to the new White House budget, it appears that the FHA will need a draw from the U.S. Treasury after all. But will it happen?

Just how hot is the jumbo MBS market? Consider this: Some $3.95 billion in non-agency jumbo MBS was issued in the first quarter, compared with $3.46 billion in issuance in all of last year.

U.S. Bank, one of the largest residential lenders and servicers in the nation, has a new president.