Fairholme adds: “This is good news when you count the cash that Fannie and Freddie have earned and will earn.”

Rob Zimmer, director of external affairs for the Community Mortgage Lenders of America, is in the camp of those worrying about the ramifications…

Clayton Services has been hired to conduct due diligence reviews every 90 days on 100 randomly selected loans.

Roughly 40 percent of Newfi Lending’s current loan volume entails the origination of mortgages that do not meet the qualified mortgage test.

The top five bulk MSR transfers were led by Franklin American, followed by Stearns, loanDepot, Flagstar and United Shore/United Wholesale Mortgage…

The fact that these initiatives were ever approved by the FHFA angered critics of the government-sponsored enterprises…

On Wednesday, Freddie Mac will release third-quarter results...

Issuance of new securities backed by commercial mortgages fell 4.9 percent from the second to the third quarter of 2018, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS market analysis. [Includes one data chart.]

Although legislative reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is dead for now, Ginnie Mae supporters continue to worry about what might happen to agency MBS spreads if the government-sponsored enterprises get an explicit guarantee on their MBS.

The bankruptcy filing by Sears will likely place additional stress on commercial MBS backed by the retailer, but the effect in most deals could be minimal and, in the long term, even positive for the commercial properties, said rating agencies.