Freddie Mac faced criticism last week from consumer advocates for the way the government-sponsored enterprise’s automated underwriting system handles certain functions involving merged credit reports and Equifax. A story in the New York Times this week detailed how Equifax acted as a “gatekeeper” for certain borrower credit information in Freddie’s Loan Quality Advisor. LQA is a risk and eligibility assessment tool that evaluates loan data to help lenders determine if ...

Mortgages delivered to the GSEs with an unpaid principal balance of $29.30 billion are included in the transaction.

Might this suggest that g-fees charges could spike next year when zero hour comes?

Formed in 2014, LH originated $598 million in 2016, ranking 442nd overall, according to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.

The seller of the MSR package focuses on the California market...

Meanwhile, one detail about the capital buffer falling to zero remains unclear: On Jan. 1 will every single penny of the $600 million (at each) be carted away?

Fannie and Freddie continue to tweak their systems and processes to accommodate the new mandates, which kick in January 1…

Citi’s third-party servicing portfolio is down to $49.1 billion from $147.6 billion at Sept. 30, 2016...

A previously announced legal settlement with Royal Bank of Scotland will soon hit the books...

While the pilot is limited to New Hampshire home buyers, Fannie thinks the pilot could open the door to other states doing something similar…