Fact: Fannie and Freddie securitized more purchase-money mortgages in 2017 – $472.77 billion – than in any year since 2007.

And now for the bad news: The lower corporate tax rate will force Fannie and Freddie to write down the value of their deferred tax assets by $15.3 billion…

The delinquency rate on the MSR portfolio is 1.02 percent...

When Fannie and Freddie request a fresh draw of taxpayer funds from Treasury to deal with their DTA "problem," it will poison the well for conservative Republicans...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will bolster their 2018 earnings by a combined $3 billion thanks to GOP tax reform legislation signed into law by President Trump in late December, according to calcula-tions from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

Although a final tally has yet to be issued, volume for the year could total nearly $9.3 billion…

The seller will consider separate bids on the conventional and government portions…

Richard Pickup, a real estate investor by trade, owns more than 10 percent of Impac…

Wells Fargo, Quicken, and United Wholesale Mortgage are the top three firms originating these low-downpayment loans…

We get the sense that merger and acquisition activity could be fierce as profit margins tighten...