Mortgage lenders seem somewhat cheerier about the new year than the dismal scientists…

Fact: Fannie and Freddie securitized more purchase-money mortgages in 2017 – $472.77 billion – than in any year since 2007.

And now for the bad news: The lower corporate tax rate will force Fannie and Freddie to write down the value of their deferred tax assets by $15.3 billion…

Angel Oak has securitized $850 million of non-QM loans since 2015.

When Fannie and Freddie request a fresh draw of taxpayer funds from Treasury to deal with their DTA "problem," it will poison the well for conservative Republicans...

At Sept. 30, 2017, PHH had a total servicing portfolio (including subservicing contracts) of $162.7 billion...

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are the two dominant lenders in the jumbo market but their channel preferences have diverged over the past year…

Wells Fargo, Quicken, and United Wholesale Mortgage are the top three firms originating these low-downpayment loans…

We get the sense that merger and acquisition activity could be fierce as profit margins tighten...

What’s gestating now in Congress may represent the best chance of reforming the secondary market since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into conservatorship in September 2008…