Fannie Mae’s delay in releasing its 2012 earnings underscores the sharp turnaround in the con-servatorships of the two government-sponsored enterprises, which lately have begun spewing earnings like the good old days.Freddie Mac, which managed to get its reporting done on time, recorded a whopping $16.0 bil-lion in net income last year, and there’s widespread speculation that Fannie Mae will beat that mark with room to spare.

Look for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to continue to increase their guaranty fees, but the current level of g-fees is approaching “striking distance” of the threshold expected in a competitive private market, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency told lawmakers this week.Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, FHFA Acting Director Edward De-Marco said last year’s two 10 basis point g-fee increases raised the average fee to around 50 bps, double where they were when the GSEs were put in conservatorship in September 2008.

Can Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac capture $93 billion in deferred tax assets - money that ultimately will flow through to the U.S. Treasury?

Is the refinancing boom finally over? Some mortgage bankers are beginning to get nervous.

Genworth is losing a top MI executive to a mortgage servicer. And more woes for Chimera...

FHFA chief Edward DeMarco on Tuesday criticized Congress for doing nothing in regard to GSE reform.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and spending a ton of money each year on outside contractors, including technology firms, attorneys and accountants.

Nine Attorneys General, unhappy with the pace of loan modifications, are calling for the immediate dismissal of acting FHFA director Edward DeMarco.

Fannie Mae could be in line to book $60 billion in assets, money that could be counted as net worth and change its immediate financial outlook.

Improving loan quality is sparking a major shake-out in the due diligence sector. Can jumbo production and MBS save the day? Meanwhile, the supply of MBS expanded slightly in the fourth quarter.