Heavy refinance activity, especially through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, boosted the conventional conforming market by a whopping 35 percent in 2012.

Wells Fargo says it is committed to its remaining joint venture lending partners but isn't giving out any names on the JVs.

According to a new analysis by Inside MBS & ABS, REIT MBS investors as a group increased their MBS holdings by 47.4 percent in 2012.

Milestone Advisors has picked a winning bidder for the MSR portfolio once owned by Taylor, Bean & Whitaker.

Mortgage bankers are promising to wage war over any new guaranty fee hikes that are used for non-residential projects.

The GSEs continued to wrangle with seller/servicers over repurchase requests during the fourth quarter of 2012, but mostly over loans originated five years earlier.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has not given up on its effort to install risk-based pricing for guaranty fees.

A new bipartisan panel wants to close Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and limit U.S. support for mortgages.

Jumbo loan prices are red hot.

Wells Fargo, the nation's largest home funder, is continuing to review its mortgage joint ventures.