First Republic Bank originated $1.90 billion of IOs in the second quarter of 2017, ranking first nationwide.

A handful of GSE watchers we spoke to believe that in time Watt will work out a compromise with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on zero capital...

FHFA Director Mel Watt: “In fact, it is especially irresponsible for the enterprises not to have such a limited buffer..."

Meanwhile, FHFA Director Mel Watt called the new IG audit “seriously flawed…”

But that didn’t stop the conservative from the Lone Star state from offering up some critiques on the FHFA...

LoanDepot more than doubled its ARM originations in that span, and large increases were also seen at Wells Fargo, Bank of America Home Loans, First Republic Bank and MUFG…

In the interim, mortgage servicers must continue to pass on the principal and interest payments to the end bondholders.

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The biggest challenge for the vibrant single-family rental market may be the shortage of available homes to purchase, according to panelists speaking at an Urban Institute event highlighting institutional investment in SFRs this week. And one analyst pointed to mid-sized investors as being best positioned to profit from the market. Since the financial crisis, SFRs have emerged as a viable housing option and real estate investment firms are seizing the opportunity. Both mom-and-pop operators and institutional investors have been buying homes of all sizes and offering them as rental properties. Prior to the crisis, there were...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are encouraging MBS market participants to begin planning how they will adapt to the new uniform MBS when it goes online in early 2019. The “Single Security Initiative Market Adoption Playbook” provides a detailed look at the many changes involved in the new security, which will take the place of the separate to-be-announced MBS that the two government-sponsored enterprises now issue. The project includes...