“The other natural job would be as CFPB director,” the Cowen analyst continued. “That said, Hensarling has shown much greater interest in housing finance…”

Look for another reverse mortgage lender to hit the auction block...

In late December, Freddie will make its regular quarterly dividend payment to the U.S. Treasury, which holds its senior preferred shares. When it does, most of the $4.67 billion in net earnings will be swept into the general fund.

Freddie Mac set aside almost $1 billion in reserves for "recent hurricane activity."

In the Chase MBS, 44.3 percent of the loans were originated by correspondents…

You might say that in the end, Treasury cannot lose when it comes to the GSEs...

The wording of the language-preference question first tells borrowers that their loan transaction is likely to be conducted in English but gives them the option of selecting one of six languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese…

Also, lender websites don’t seem to sway consumer choices very much…

No GSE-retained portfolios in Treasury's plan?

New issuance of credit-risk transfer debt notes by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slowed during the third quarter of 2017, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. However, Freddie recently issued a small CRT variation that’s designed to expand participation in the market by real estate investment trusts and foreign investors. During the third quarter, the two government-sponsored enterprises issued $3.62 billion of traditional CRT notes through ... [Includes one data chart]