At least some factions of the industry are happy about the FHA not cutting premiums, including Ed Pinto of AEI…

Some of the allegations surfaced in a Nov. 2016 letter sent to Congress by a former Wells LO named Frank Chavez...

Meanwhile, the supply of Ginnie single-family MBS outstanding continued to set new records…

In 2016, Fannie and Freddie guaranteed $973.72 billion of single-family loans, an 18.1 percent improvement from the year prior.

Deephaven's CEO, Matt Nichols, is a former managing director at Goldman Sachs where he worked for 12 years.

One loan officer said FHA should consider building a "true jumbo program that is exclusive of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…”

Black Knight studied loan-level data on outstanding mortgages to derive at its conclusion…

Citigroup’s showing in originations paled in comparison to some of its megabank competitors...

As one former GSE stock analyst told us: “There’s no way they can be privatized. To maintain an AAA rating they would need 25 percent (I’m guessing) capital to assets. Even at 5 percent there is not enough spread to earn a market return on capital.”

NewLeaf Wholesale recently added four products to its “specialty” mortgage offerings with relatively lenient underwriting standards. The loans are aimed at borrowers who don’t qualify for conforming mortgages. The lender is now offering a jumbo mortgage that allows loan-to-value ratios up to 90.0 percent without private mortgage insurance, a residual-income product, an asset-depletion product and a product for foreign investors. The loans join NewLeaf’s other specialty products ...