For the first time in six years, the four surviving private MIs reported a combined profit on their domestic MI business during 2Q13.

“It is difficult to project how many HARP-eligible loans will ultimately be refinanced,” the FHFA IG writes in a new report.

Though the end of July, Freddie has issued roughly $302 billion of single-family MBS compared to $500 billion for Fannie.

Is refi specialist CashCall still on the auction block?

The White House believes that the current housing finance system, where the government guarantees more than 80 percent of all mortgages through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA, is unsustainable.

The NAIHP is concerned that "responsible consumers" may have been "intentionally" knocked out of the QM box.”

Portfolio recapture, wholesale, and builder channels accounted for almost 79 percent of its fundings in 2Q.

Mortgage brokerage firms added new workers in June but at a very slow pace, a sign that the origination market is slowing.

Ocwen is looking at $400 billion of MSR deals, at least. Meanwhile, a lager wholesale may exit, and no, it's not EverBank.

Most of the apartment loans being securitized go through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac programs.