The company has been diversifying heavily into subservicing contracts and over the past year has struck outsourcing deals with USAA and Seneca Mortgage Servicing.

However, for the six other loan types tracked by the Fed, mortgage underwriting standards were largely unchanged…

Freddie purchased $91 billion of home mortgages from its seller/servicers in 2Q16, a handsome 31.8 percent improvement from the prior period.

Compared to 2011, g-fees (which include LLPAs) have increased a whopping 126 percent.

Investors in Freddie (and Fannie Mae) common and preferred who bought their shares as a speculative investment are still wondering: Hey, when do we get some of that money?

In the past, the FHFA has shot down a couple of program myths and emphasized that being significantly underwater doesn’t disqualify borrowers from using HARP…

An estimated $46 billion in ARMs were originated in the first quarter of 2016, down 2.1 percent from the previous quarter…

Approximately 30 percent of survey respondents aged 18 to 29 said they would put off buying a house because of the burden of student loan debt, according to study done last year by Black Knight Financial services.

According to KBR, falling rates trimmed MSR values by roughly 6 percent.

Quicken stated: “The reality is that this decision will have no effect on how we conduct our business.”