The nonprime mortgages held in portfolio by the government-sponsored enterprises continued to decline in 2017, according to an analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. And while the GSEs sold vintage non-agency mortgage-backed securities during the year, pre-crisis Alt A mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are largely running off instead of being sold. Fannie and Freddie had a total of $108.23 billion in nonprime mortgage holdings ... [Includes one data chart]

PIMCO also believes government MBS loan limits should be based on borrower income, not housing prices…

Wells Fargo was the top retail and correspondent lender in 2017 while United Wholesale Mortgage took home the gold in the wholesale/broker category…

According to their financial disclosures and company officials, both GSEs saw a sharp decline in the average guarantee fee they charged on new MBS issued during the fourth quarter…

A lack of affordable homes to buy could stifle the first-time home buyer market, Genworth believes…

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac observers are scratching their heads about “minimum return on equity” requirements that the Federal Housing Finance Agency has imposed, somewhat mysteriously, on the two government-sponsored enterprises.

Most complaints from seniors over the past two years centered on conventional mortgages…

It appears that Pershing Square is now under water on its GSE investments...

Borrowers with credit scores below 700 accounted for 22.03 percent of GSE purchase loans last year…

One trade group official said a new FHFA director might be hell-bent on reducing the federal footprint in mortgages…