Hours before the House vote, word came from the White House that President Obama would veto the measure.

Credit enhancement levels set by the rating services play a major role in an issuer’s decision to come to market.

BofA continues to carve down the size of its mortgage servicing portfolio.

The general fear is that higher-than-needed capital standards will cause mortgage insurers to hold unnecessary amounts of assets that will force the industry to raise premiums.

The remaining undrawn taxpayer commitment to the GSEs is $258.1 billion dollars, Stegman noted.

The Wall Street firm hunting for mortgage acquisitions is not a depository like JPMorgan Chase...

“Fannie and Freddie have made tremendous strides to provide clarity in the system and create innovations,” said Peter Carroll, executive vice president for mortgage policy and counter party relations at Quicken Loans.

Wells' application pipeline is at the highest level seen since the second quarter of 2013.

Chase had $326 million in net income from mortgage banking in the first quarter of 2015, down 3.6 percent compared with the previous quarter.

BofA and Chase are among the lenders that will move up their consumer-disclosure related processes.