The implication is that declining originations, plummeting refinancing volume and razor-tight profit margins are causing consternation at Ginnie…

The first move expected is a possible lowering of GSE loan limits...

Redwood CEO Chris Abate: “Our game plan in the third quarter was a bit unconventional – we ran an up-tempo offense, squarely in the face of mortgage market headwinds.”

Increasingly worried about the liquidity of its largest nonbank issuer/servicers, Ginnie Mae is telling this select group of companies to come up with a plan to address what an agency spokesman characterized as “eventualities.” (Includes one data chart.)

Risk layering remains uncommon on the new breed of expanded-credit mortgages…

LoanStream was already originating nonprime mortgages via retail and wholesale outlets...

United Shore Financial Services ran the top FHA wholesale-broker program, generating $1.53 billion during the third quarter.

PIMCO, which controls FGMC, is no stranger to the non-QM market…

Nierenberg, a former Bear Stearns executive, stressed that New Residential is going to be relatively conservative with its underwriting standards for non-QMs.

On Friday, long-time GSE critic Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, took one more rock to Fannie and Freddie...