According to an Inside MBS & ABS analysis, the average credit score for GSE business in the first quarter was 745.1…

Consumer-direct LOs had a higher average base compensation than retail LOs but received much lower incentive payments.

AmeriHome Mortgage, a larger correspondent buyer of loans, recently said it’s hiring internal support positions.

Some in the industry believe the GSE common shares are essentially worthless with the junior preferred falling into the category of being a speculative bet.

Much of the talk has centered on the GSEs aiding liquidity in the manufactured housing market...

Purchase loans accounted for 57.9 percent of April issuance for all three agencies, the highest penetration since September 2015…

In response to a question about Fannie's capital buffer, Mayopoulos said, “It’s our mission to provide liquidity in all markets at all times and we’re continuing to do that. I am glad to see that policy makers are starting to refocus on housing market reform including the lack of capital at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

After the end of the first quarter, PennyMac acquired a bulk portfolio of Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $4.30 billion.

One fact seems certain: there are more purchasers for non-agency/nonprime loans than a year ago with a handful of foreign and even U.S. banks contemplating acquisitions…

The FHFA was created in part because its predecessor, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, was widely seen as lacking enough independence to adequately oversee the GSEs...