Another possible outcome on g-fees is no change at all. To date, FHFA Director Mel Watt hasn’t tipped his hand.

Talk about optimism: Roughly 71 percent of firms surveyed said they expect purchase-mortgage demand to rise.

“We don’t recommend that you hire a mortgage broker” for rate shopping purposes, says Consumer Reports magazine...

Walter Investment also was looking at the Ocwen receivables, sources said.

A ban on captive insurers joining the FHLB system appears to be over.

For all of last year, Fannie and Freddie securitization of newly-originated loans accounted for just 65.7 percent of MBS issuance, primarily because declining refi volume...

The captive insurer is owned by a REIT, a spokeswoman for the district bank said, but declined to name either.

Despite the sequential jump in buybacks, the fourth quarter total was the second-lowest repurchase amount disclosed by the two...

Will Ocwen Financial get compensated for the termination?

Bank demand for MBS has increased due to new accounting requirements and a decline in total residential loan production in recent years.