A major changing of the guard is now afoot in the mortgage industry...

Fannie Mae is considering a pilot program to help consumers more easily get construction loans. While the program is just in the early stages of consideration, the government-sponsored enterprise sees the program as a way to increase affordable housing options for homebuyers.

Freddie said it plans to close its first investment in January 2018.

If substantial tax reform is enacted, it would likely lead to rising expectations about growth and inflation, leading to a selloff in rates…

Roughly $269 billion of conventional-conforming loans were originated from July through September, according to Inside Mortgage Finance...

MBS-investing REITs boosted their holdings by 10.1 percent on a sequential basis…

Republicans are reportedly on board with the federal MBS guarantee but reluctant to backstop future guarantor entities…

However, a source familiar with the matter stressed that the GSE is merely considering a construction-to-perm product and nothing more.

KBW estimates that if the corporate tax rate falls, Fannie and Freddie, combined, would have to fork over to Treasury an estimated $13 billion to $19 billion…

You might say that Wilbur Ross got out of Ocwen while the getting was good...