Wells Fargo has not given up on mortgage lending JVs after all and has hired someone to manage them.

Credit Suisse came to market with its first jumbo MBS deal of the year with Quicken Loans dominating the collateral.

FHA staff could be furloughed if the federal sequester happens Thursday night.

Wells Fargo says it is committed to its remaining joint venture lending partners but isn't giving out any names on the JVs.

The Federal Reserve is open to the idea of making the "qualified residential mortgage" definition in the pending risk-retention rule the same as that of the "qualified mortgage" standard.

Mortgage bankers are promising to wage war over any new guaranty fee hikes that are used for non-residential projects.

The mortgage industry wants the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to clarify whether mortgages subject to repurchase demands will lose their “qualified mortgage” status under the bureau’s new ability-to-repay rule.

Milestone Advisors has picked a winning bidder for the MSR portfolio once owned by Taylor, Bean & Whitaker.

According to a new analysis by Inside MBS & ABS, REIT MBS investors as a group increased their MBS holdings by 47.4 percent in 2012.

A new bipartisan panel wants to close Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and limit U.S. support for mortgages.