Some 20.9 percent of the loans in the new loanDepot MBS are eligible for sale to the GSEs, down from 40.7 percent in the previous deal from the nonbank…

Meanwhile, there was chatter at the MBA convention that Ginnie Mae had just yanked the ticket of one of its MBS issuers.

Some 78 percent of the loans are GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties…

The Senate Banking Committee's review of GSE pilot programs will have to wait...

Fannie enjoyed a 29.9 percent quarterly increase in purchase business, nearly double Freddie’s 15.4 percent gain.

The correspondent share of the market rose to 39.5 percent, the highest it has been in years...

Seasonal housing-market factors pushed GSE single-family mortgage business higher in the third quarter, according to a new Inside The GSEs analysis of mortgage-backed securities data.Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued $213.81 billion of single-family MBS in the third quarter, a 10.4 percent increase from the previous period. The gain came from a 23.4 percent surge in purchase-mortgage business, which offset a 15.5 percent downturn in GSE refi activity. [Includes two data charts.]

Anthony Hsieh's advice for the mortgage industry: Start selling...

Mortgage Venture Partners is also working on a non-qualified mortgage jumbo second lien product…

The highlight of the third quarter was the steady growth of the nonprime market…