Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, scheduled to report fourth-quarter results in early February, are likely to once again show strong earnings, but the black ink likely will pale a bit from the $6.7 billion they posted (combined) in the third quarter.

Several rating services have received gentle warnings from the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to follow policies and procedures, according to the latest annual report from the federal regulator.

Annaly Capital Management, the largest MBS investing real estate investment trust in the country, is off to a fast start in 2019, unveiling yet another offering of common stock — this one valued at $731.0 million.

Industry observers have generated a steady stream of ideas on how the agency might reform the government-sponsored enterprises administratively rather than wait for Congress.

The ECM sector was one of the few that recorded MBS production gains during the fourth quarter…

The odds of GSE “recap and release” becoming a reality just went down…

We’re just 11 days into the new year and already things are getting interesting in the mortgage industry...

Production of new non-agency MBS fell sharply in the fourth quarter, ending a year that still set a post-crisis record for new issuance. [Includes three data charts.]

Fannie and Freddie securitized $66.89 billion of single-family loans with private MI coverage during the fourth quarter…

New Residential also will buy non-QMs from lenders other than New Penn...