As press time, Lindberg’s spokesman, Chuck Norman of S&A Communications, had not returned several emails and telephone calls regarding the subpoenas.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac turned in a solid gain in single-family production during the third quarter of 2018, according to an exclusive ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance. The two government-sponsored enterprises issued $213.81 billion of new single-family mortgage-backed securities during the third quarter, a solid 10.4 percent increase from the previous three-month period. At $592.02 billion in production through the first nine months of ... [Includes three data charts]

Mortgage insurance companies reported they expect to be in compliance with updates to private MI eligibility requirements for doing business with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that were released late last week. The final version of PMIERs 2.0 will take effect on March 31, 2019, and analysts agree that other than a few tweaks, they aren’t terribly different than the original proposal. Since 2015, the U.S. Mortgage Insurers said, PMIERs have nearly doubled the amount of capital each mortgage insurer ...

The major driver was a 16.8 percent jump in Fannie Mae issuance…

This executive, like many interviewed, called it an example of charter creep. Freddie and the FHFA think otherwise…

As a result, the nonbank share of new production edged up to 53.9 percent, its highest level since the second quarter of 2017.

Rob Zimmer of CMLA: “The organization [Brookings] is now pushing a deeply flawed report that uses veterans and active-duty personnel as pawns…”

CFPB Director Mulvaney: “I will not be undoing the changes. I recognize this is not the result that some of you may have wanted. But I stand by my decision and we will proceed accordingly.”

The stock market hit a new high. What possibly could go wrong?

Trade groups said the rule, while well-intentioned, is causing serious problems for the mortgage industry…