GSE buyback volume fell 11.6 percent from the 2016 total, including an 11.4 percent drop from the third to the fourth quarter of last year.

Some 1,348 loans will be included in the issuance, divided nearly evenly between jumbo mortgages and loans eligible for sale to the government-sponsored enterprises.

The 4,710 small mortgage lenders wouldn’t have to report new data points sought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for originations in 2018 and beyond, according to an analysis by Inside the CFPB.

Proposed changes to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act have become a key flashpoint of controversy in the advancing effort to reform the Dodd-Frank Act. The Senate last week passed legislation that would exempt depository institutions that have relatively small mortgage operations from new HMDA disclosure requirements – and some existing ones – that were mandated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The expanded HMDA reporting regime is taking effect for mortgage (include one data chart) ...

Rising rates bolstered servicing values late in the year, but reduced production results…

The Urban Institute believes Fannie and Freddie could be wound down within five years and be replaced by new entities with no government backstop…

UWM’s Mat Ishbia: “Through January and February, we did $5.1 billion with brokers and we expect these numbers to continue to grow…”

After reporting a $44.9 million loss for the fourth quarter, Impac’s share price fell to a new 52-week low...

The fastest-growing program continued to be Ginnie Mae MBS, which shot up 8.2 percent for the year…

Hensarling is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, which means any Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reform bill must first go through his panel, whether he’s the author or not.