If stocks tank, look for yet another bond market rally.

SWBC is looking to hire 40-plus technology workers.

The GSEs’ retained portfolios are shrinking, but whole-loan investments held by banks and credit unions are not.

Five Oaks’ jumbo conduit also has faced headwinds due to a lack of demand for new jumbo MBS.

Prestwick is out with a flow package that could yield $360 million to $480 million annually in Fannie Mae product.

The supply of home loan debt outstanding grew for a third straight quarter in late 2015, including an ongoing ride higher in un-securitized portfolio mortgages. The Federal Reserve reported that $9.986 trillion of home mortgages were outstanding at the end of last year, a 0.3 percent increase from the third quarter. The growth rate slowed a bit – the market grew by roughly twice that rate from March to September – but the fourth quarter put unpaid home mortgage debt up 1.0 percent from the end of 2014, the first annual increase since 2007. The single fastest-growing segment of the market continued...[Includes two data tables]

Don't like the housing sales figures? Blame Trump and Bernie...

“Look, it’s March of an election year. And it’s not like he was going to get a lot done," said one observer regarding Stegman's departure.

The average loan amount on GSE condo mortgages in 2015 was $214,431.

Merge Fannie and Freddie into one? Crazier things have been suggested...