The trade group also found that refinancings are declining as well: down to 48.7 percent of all new applications from 49.5 percent for the week ending Oct. 20.

Look for another reverse mortgage lender to hit the auction block...

In late December, Freddie will make its regular quarterly dividend payment to the U.S. Treasury, which holds its senior preferred shares. When it does, most of the $4.67 billion in net earnings will be swept into the general fund.

Freddie Mac set aside almost $1 billion in reserves for "recent hurricane activity."

You might say that in the end, Treasury cannot lose when it comes to the GSEs...

In 2016, the overall denial rate for applications for jumbo mortgages was 18.6 percent.

The wording of the language-preference question first tells borrowers that their loan transaction is likely to be conducted in English but gives them the option of selecting one of six languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese…

Also, lender websites don’t seem to sway consumer choices very much…

Some 6.03 percent of FHA loans were 30-to-60 days past due as of the end of the third quarter, up from 4.51 percent in June.

No GSE-retained portfolios in Treasury's plan?