The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle lost an appeal in an MBS case against Barclays Capital this week in which it claimed the investment banker made false statements or left out certain facts about the securities it sold in 2008. But the Court of Appeals of Washington State ruled that theFHLBank was fully aware of what it was buying at the time.

The fastest-growing segment is the Ginnie Mae market…

Moody’s said GSE participation will continue to erode the sector’s reliance on commercial MBS as a source of financing…

Of course, the Trump administration has a history of shooting first and asking questions later…

Banks and thrifts continued to retreat from the home-equity business in 3Q17 while credit unions pressed forward…

The panel approved the bill on a partisan vote of 33 to 27. It was one of 13 bills advanced by the panel…

Certain originators and their vendors have expressed the need for more time to test systems and accurately implement the proposed changes…

The share price of online loan broker LendingTree is looking a bit pricey these days at $337.80 a unit...

In roughly 10 business days, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – which guarantee half of all mort-gage debt in the U.S. – will run out of capital unless their regulator at the Federal Housing Finance Agency does something about it.

Members of the House Financial Services Committee this week approved a bill that would sus-pend Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund if the government-sponsored enterprises don’t pay dividends to Treasury. The panel approved the bill on a partisan vote of 33 to 27.