Nonbanks among the top 100 reported a mild 0.9 percent drop in new business, while depository institutions saw production fade 4.0 percent.

Was it Mnuchin’s idea to call the six bank CEOs or did President Trump put him up to it? That storyline has yet to be fully explored…

Buybacks by GSE seller/servicers set a new quarterly low…

The loan originator’s unique identifier assigned by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry will not be disclosed publicly…

As the former director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, Mark Calabria brings a decidedly libertarian perspective to housing finance.

Miscellaneous news items about the government-sponsored enterprises.

On Friday, just two days before the Congress recessed for the holidays, House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, surprised industry observers by holding the long-delayed hearing on his pet project, “The Bipartisan Housing Finance Reform Act of 2018.”

There are no surprises in the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s 2019 scorecard, which outlines its conservatorship priorities over the coming year for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and their joint venture Common Securitization Solutions. The report underscores goals dating from the FHFA’s 2014 strategic plan.

Banks held $553.4 billion of Federal Home Loan Bank advances at the end of the third quarter, according to Inside The GSEs analysis of call reports.

“Securitization is the false god that failed us.” These are the words of Mark Calabria, the conservative economist whom the Trump administration nominated last week as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, replacing Mel Watt, whose term ends in January.