Compass Point has concerns whether Walter's servicing business (Ditech) can return to profitability…

Low-downpayment programs introduced by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac almost two years ago have been slow to gain traction. According to an Inside Mortgage Finance analysis of mortgage-backed securities data, the two government-sponsored enterprises purchased $10.31 billion of purchase mortgages with loan-to-value ratios of 96 to 97 percent during the first nine months of 2016. However, nearly half of that came in the third quarter, which saw a 52.7 percent jump from the previous period. Bob Ryan, acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s division of conservatorship, said...

Don’t expect any rapid changes to the charters of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. After all, GSE reform is hard. At least that’s the message of some market watchers.

In a Trump administration it's possible Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would would face more competition and have less of an economic edge over non-GSE rivals, said Cowen & Co.

Thanks to Trump, speculators who bought GSE shares on Tuesday are cleaning up today...

Under the current terms of their conservatorship, Fannie and Freddie are required to reduce their mortgage portfolios by at least 15 percent a year…

And roughly 24 percent of IMFnews viewers believe that reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac likely won’t happen in their lifetime…

The MSRs that Phoenix is trying to sell have a 30-day delinquency rate of 0.2 percent with no foreclosures.

Wells Fargo once again ranked first among all agency sellers with $17.6 billion sold to Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie. Quicken was second with $8.46 billion.

Early next year, Fannie Mae will open up the program to other seller/servicers…