If the Financial Stability Oversight Council gets its way, GSE capital standards will be tighter than what many in the industry want. Is that a problem? Opinions vary.

Eric Kaplan of the Milken Institute said the best possible explanation for the FHFA director’s remark is he thinks the GSEs may still have some of that profit-at-any-cost mentality that got them into trouble a decade ago.

Mortgage origination profits haven’t been this good in decades. Gain-on-sale margins of 600 bps on government loans? At some shops, yes.

The volume of eMortgages purchased by Fannie and Freddie has grown more than fourfold since 2018, but it’s still a tiny fraction of their single-family business.

After a mixed decision in the Fifth Circuit, it’s not clear how the SCOTUS will rule — especially with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. Oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 9.

Even though market conditions are absolutely terrific, warehouse lenders are asking for regulatory relief on their credits. The Federal Reserve is listening, but will it swallow?

Less than a week after it went into effect, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s controversial eviction moratorium is facing a legal challenge from a landlord of a small mortgaged property.

HUD issued a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures on FHA-insured homes in the presidentially declared disaster areas ravaged by Hurricane Laura.

The number of loans in the most severe stages of delinquency continued to climb in August, but overall default rates and forbearance counts were down.

The purchase-mortgage share of loans sold to Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie gained slightly in August, and there was some rebound in correspondent activity.