The bill containing the language on VA loan limits was agreed to by a voice vote on Feb. 9 and was sent to the Senate.

The CEO noted that Freddie Mac has made great inroads in doing more business with small to medium-sized lenders, but also said that when it comes to the GSE’s credit box, “it is not being fully used” by the industry.

Shrinkage? Thanks to the CSP, changes in reps and warrants, cyber security and more, Freddie Mac continues to hire new workers...

The REIT's new broker-dealer unit is now fully staffed and is in the regulatory application process...

A variety of factors could cause a significant decrease to the homeownership rate in the coming years, according to industry analysts. Under a scenario where the housing market resembles the current market in California and high-income European countries, the U.S. could shift to having a majority of renters instead of homeowners in 35 years. In a paper set to be published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Arthur Acolin, Laurie Goodman and Susan Wachter projected that the homeownership rate will decline from 63.4 percent in 2015 to 57.9 percent in 2050. Acolin is a PhD student at the University of Southern California, Goodman is the director of the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center and Wachter is a professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The researchers said...

Thanks to the MIP cut, it was FHA's best year since 2010.

At Hatteras Financial jumbos are "out" and mortgage servicing rights are "in"...

Bill Erbey controls blocks of Ocwen's stock in his own name, but also through limited partnerships and limited liability corporations.

Texas Capital said the economics of the program are not as strong as originally projected...

Wells Fargo continues to cut workers tied to the servicing function...