“Confusion and uncertainty around representations and warranties standards continue to cause lenders to add their own overlays to the existing GSE credit standards,” said MBA vice chairman Bill Cosgrove.

Are huge origination profits a thing of the past? Meanwhile, time is running out on the White House GSE petition.

One of the best kept secrets in the servicing sector is a “bifurcated” mortgage program initiated by Fannie Mae that has been gathering momentum over the past six months.

Freddie filed repurchase requests on some $361.6 million of 2012 originations during the first quarter of this year, according to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Trends.

Want to issue MBS in the mortgage market of the future? Better bring your wallet.

Piper Jaffray owns 8.72 percent of Bexil Corp., the parent of Bexil American Mortgage. Meanwhile, ICBA likes the Corker-Warner bill, but...

Depositories sold $396 billion of single-family mortgages into the secondary market in the first quarter, down 5 percent from the previous period.

The Congressman argues that if the two are not allowed pay down their draws from Treasury “then any future funds sent" to the U.S. should be reinvested in the housing market.

Provident Funding has one word for last week's rate spike: "Ugly." Meanwhile, the TBW MSR portfolio finally gets sold...

Private MBS investors will likely see reduced competition from the Federal Reserve later this year if the central bank begins to slow down its purchases of agency MBS, but there is also likely to be a sharp drop in new MBS supply at the same time. The Federal Open Market Committee made no changes in its policy of adding $40 billion a month to its massive $1.165 trillion portfolio of agency MBS, in addition to reinvesting payments from its agency debt and MBS holdings. It also promised to closely monitor economic and financial developments and stands prepared to increase or decrease its MBS purchases. But Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke later indicated...[Includes two data charts]