MBA chief Dave Stevens: “What happens if the president nominates a new [FHFA] director who thinks the government role in mortgage finance is too large and wants to scale it back?"

In the third quarter, Movement Mortgage was the top seller of MSR assets via the coissuance market…

The GSEs are also working toward issuing credit-risk transfer deals as real estate mortgage investment conduits, which would allow REITs to hold more of the assets.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Guggenheim Securities were the top underwriters of business ABS at the three-quarter mark of 2017…

BRAWL chief Tony Casa said if loan brokers want to send a message to firms that operate in both wholesale and retail, brokers should take their business elsewhere.

FHFA chief Mel Watt acknowledged the advantage provided to GSE-eligible mortgages...

For traders, the good news is that MBS issuance increased to $357.2 billion in the third quarter, the strongest performance of the year...

Plenty of executives we’ve spoken to the past few months believe the industry is in for a considerable spate of M&A in the year ahead. Then again, we’ve heard that prediction before...

The secondary market in transfers of agency mortgage servicing rights continued to gain momentum during the third quarter of 2017 as long-time players in the mortgage industry executed plans to shift strategy. A new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of agency mortgage-backed securities disclosures shows an estimated $150.80 billion of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae servicing changed hands during the third quarter. Much of the activity reflected ... [Includes three data charts]

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