Servicing brokers such as Mark Garland, Steve Harris and Tom Piercy are seeing new entrants to the MSR-buying market…

It might be said that OFHEO was a weak federal regulator...

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In settling with the SEC, Merrill Lynch did not admit or deny the findings…

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By comparison, commercial banks must have tier 1 capital of 8.0 percent of risk-weighted assets.

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The AAF warns against the GSEs becoming private entities again, noting there’s no way for them to raise enough capital…

The banks that report rates that form the basis of LIBOR won’t be required to participate in the survey after 2021…

A strong surge of purchase-mortgage business helped lift Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac production of single-family mortgage-backed securities in May, according to a new Inside The GSEs analysis. Credit characteristics in May production were relatively unchanged, however. The two GSEs securitized $65.63 billion of single-family MBS last month, a 6.8 percent increase from April’s volume. Most of the gain came from a 23.6 percent jump in purchase-mortgage business as home buying season kicked into gear. Refinance volume was up slightly, and neither ... [Includes two data charts.]