Commitment levels are decent, but nonbanks just aren’t using the lines they’ve been granted.

When the measure was first introduced, one housing lobbyist quipped: “This is like someone laying on their death after drinking and sinning and finally realizing they need to get baptized. This is not being introduced for good political reasons.”

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to sell NPLs but for how long?

The VA notice says there are “urgent and compelling circumstances” that warrant issuing an interim final rule that will go into effect quickly.

KBRA said nonprime issuance in 2019 should benefit from an increase in origination volume and other efficiencies…

Although the manufactured home industry is lobbying for chattel lending, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still require real property for collateral.

Under the watch of President George H.W. Bush, S&Ls were re-regulated and given a core housing mission.

Commercial banks and savings institutions added to their holdings of certain categories of non-mortgage ABS during the third quarter, but the industry’s total ABS portfolio was down slightly, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis of call-report data. [Includes three data charts.]

Prepayment speeds for recently issued Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MBS in the to-be-announced market were closely aligned during the third quarter, according to a new report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The handling of a lawsuit relating to repurchase activity on pre-crisis non-agency MBS could have a wide-ranging impact on the industry, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.