Speculation is rampant that the Trump administration will appoint a new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency who will begin carving away chunks of the single-family mortgage business that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now finance in conservatorship.

Agency production last month was buoyed by an increase in securitization of refinance loans…

Want to shrink Fannie and Freddie? Cut investor loans, then move on to cash-out refis…

If Michael Bright is not confirmed in the current Congress, President Trump will have to re-nominate him...

Single-family mortgage business volume fell slightly from October to November, while refinance activity actually grew. [Includes two data charts.]

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced last week that it was increasing the maximum conforming loan limit for 2019. For most counties, the new limit will be 6.9 percent higher at $484,350. The increase, while routine, has both supporters and critics.

Purchase loans accounted for over 80.0 percent of third-quarter production at Wells Fargo, PennyMac Financial, Caliber Home Loans, U.S. Bank and Amerihome…

Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing had the highest sequential growth rate among jumbo servicers…

Some industry lobbyists believe the Senate Banking Committee hearing on GSE pilot programs will not be held this year at all.

Commitment levels are decent, but nonbanks just aren’t using the lines they’ve been granted.