The mortgage servicing market maintained its steady growth pattern during the second quarter of 2017, inching up 0.7 percent to $10.430 trillion, according to new Federal Reserve data. That was the biggest number for mortgage debt outstanding since the first quarter of 2011, when the market stood at $10.439 trillion. Most of the growth has been in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae servicing but portfolio holdings of whole loans are also on the upswing. There was...[Includes two data tables]

Keep in mind that Mel Watt’s term as Federal Housing Finance Agency director expires in January 2019...

So far, speculation regarding a change in the GSE dividend payment has been dead wrong, but there’s still time...

Ginnie Mae took umbrage at the IG’s findings, saying it was aware of the market share shift to nonbanks in 2012 and was already taking action…

The new Ginnie Mae buyout authority expires March 31 of next year…

Kroll Bond Rating Agency assigned AAA ratings to the deal.

FHFA Director Mel Watt is concerned about zero capital, but has not yet given any public indication he will do something about it...

All of the uptick in seller buybacks came from Fannie, where repurchases surged 21.5 percent from the first to the second quarter.

Some investors, such as Charles Schwab Bank, are having trouble finding bonds to buy…

Commercial banks were one of the most active buyers of residential MBS during the April-June cycle...