Meanwhile, holders of the GSE junior preferred stock receive nothing from Fannie and Freddie in terms of dividends.

Filler was named CEO of Finance of America Commercial, but departed after roughly two months.

Just 18 percent of respondents said they do not want the GSEs preserved in their current state...

If the bill becomes law, REITs that gained access to low-cost FHLB advances would get a reprieve.

PHH Mortgage and Chase both played a role in the decline of IO originations.

We kid you not: Home loans from a firm called Homie...

The new sentiment survey also found that “slightly more lenders” reported they expect to decrease the share of MSR sold...

FCA enforcement actions can result in significant damage to a lender’s reputation and bottom line, warns MBA President Dave Stevens.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has largely been “defanged” in the aftermath of 2016 elections, according to analysts at FBR Capital Markets.

Wells Fargo fell a notch as PennyMac raced to the top to become the leading VA jumbo securitizer for the first quarter of 2017 – a period in which VA jumbo loan securitization took a sharp nose dive. The volume of VA jumbo loans securitized during the first three months plunged 36.8 percent, compared to the meager 2.0 percent decline seen in the fourth quarter. The drop reflected a 32.9 percent drop in jumbo mortgage production during the first quarter, along with similar large drops in virtually every product segment in the mortgage market, according to an analysis by Inside FHA/VA Lending affiliate Inside Mortgage Finance. The agency jumbo market was down 39.1 percent from the fourth quarter despite the bump up in high-cost loan limits to $636,150, an increase of $10,650 that became effective in January. All components of the agency jumbo market took big hits in the first quarter, including ... [ Charts ]