One of these days, the two mortgage giants will commence with a new stock offering. Right? The market seems to be betting on the fact, as are the government-sponsored enterprises.

Aside from g-fee pricing, most of the ways the GSEs could engage in volume discounting would take place in the secondary market. That means they’re not really violating regulations.

PennyMac Financial is doing so well these days that it decided to declare a dividend to its common shareholders. When’s the last time a nonbank accomplished such a feat? Hard to say.

Loan broker LendingTree continues to earn a profit while net earnings at Ocwen Financial remain elusive.

As the GSE recap-and-release avalanche continues, there’s increasing chatter in the market that Treasury is open to a legal settlement with Fannie/Freddie shareholders. A crazy idea? Maybe not.

HPS Investment Partners, a firm chock full of Wall Street veterans, has agreed to buy non-QM lender Citadel Servicing Corp. After the sale closes, CSC founder and CEO Dan Perl will part ways with the firm.

As the primary market goes, so go the profits of Fannie and Freddie. Both turned in strong results in 3Q19 while announcing improvements in net worth.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria said any revised qualified mortgage rule introduced by the CFPB should be applicable to all lenders. Industry participants are unsure how the regulator will address the issue.

Residential originations could top $2.06 trillion this year, according to a new forecast from the MBA. But is MBA being too cautious?

First-lien mortgage lending hit $700 billion during the third quarter of 2019, the market's biggest output in a dozen years. VA loan guarantee volume hit a record level; private MI business may have as well.