Some non-agency participants have called for an immediate return to conforming loan limits of $417,000, which were in place in 2008 before Congress established “emergency” loan limits for high-cost areas.

“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...