There’s been speculation that when the Trump administration picks Watt’s successor, one of the first things that person might do is impose a loan-size purchase limit on the two government-sponsored enterprises.

Total gripes filed during 1Q18 were down 36.3 percent from a year ago…

Even though the GSE posted a strong profit, it saw MBS issuance fall 37.2 percent in the first quarter...

Not too long ago, UWM rolled out a $500,000 grant program designed to allow LOs to start their own loan brokerage firms...

CMLA favors a recapitalization and reform plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, one where they are transformed into “utilities.”

In 1Q18, the top three coissuance sellers of servicing rights were Fairway Independent Mortgage, Finance of America, and Movement Mortgage.

Rep. Waters wants CFPB acting director Mulvaney to turn over documents regarding meetings he's had with the industry...

Automated appraisals may be less biased and give more accurate property value estimates, according to a new working paper by the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Office of Policy Analysis and Research. This is especially true in rural areas where there are fewer comparable stats and more heterogeneity across homes, said the authors, Alexander Bogin and Jessica Shui. In fact, the data suggest that more than 25 percent of rural appraisals exceed the associated contract price by more than 5 percent. The study was based on GSE loan acquisitions from 2012 to 2016.Moreover, given the bias found in appraisals, some researchers have considered including automated...

New Residential said during and subsequent to the first quarter, it entered into agreements to buy $38.0 billion of mortgage servicing rights...

Interesting fact: Most of these non-QM loans were originated by banks...