If past is prologue, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt might be on the job a lot longer than Jan. 6, 2019, which is when his five-year term expires. That is, if he wants to stay.

Chimera CIO Mohit Marria: “The thirst for yield from the investor base remains strong.”

The NAR is hoping that a cut in g-fees (and LLPAs) ultimately will be passed down to consumers – who buy homes from NAR’s members.

Freddie Mac had the biggest monthly increase at 22.9 percent…

Freddie CEO Donald Layton told Inside MBS & ABS that implementation of the FHFA directive “has largely been complete.”

Compared to March 2017, the combined nonbank servicing business was up 14.7 percent, while banks in the top 50 saw a 2.4 percent decline from a year ago.

Come June, Fannie Mae will cut a new dividend check to Uncle Sam...

Great Ajax’s forte is buying re-performing mortgages…

Due to temporary standards established by the CFPB, mortgages eligible for sale to the GSEs are treated as qualified mortgages even if they have higher debt-to-income ratios that would otherwise make them non-QMs…

Impac has yet to disclose when it might release first quarter results.