We can only assume Sen. Warner knows Freddie Mac is headquartered in his state, which means the company’s employees are his constituents.

Reps. Randy Hultgren, R-IL, and Gwen Moore, D-WI, want to restore Federal Home Loan Bank membership for captive insurance lenders that joined the system prior to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s rulemaking that restricted membership of firms that would otherwise be ineligible. H.R. 289, the Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion (HOME) Act, would allow FHLBank members that were booted from the system to rejoin it, as well as the retention of those whose departure is pending, if they can demonstrate a commitment to residential mortgage activities. Most of the affected companies are real estate investment trusts. The sponsors explained...

Bank of America continued to dominate second lien lending with $4.05 billion of originations during the first quarter of 2017…

Nationstar, in particular, has been aggressive in scouting for subservicing clients, and scored a big coup in January…

Sen. Warner noted the Trump administration is committed to doing something about the GSEs…

The Nationstar news begs another question: Will Ocwen Financial, which employs thousands of servicing workers overseas, follow suit?

Bottom line: Nonbank mortgage firms don’t want another regulator to answer to…

Not all depositories are retreating from the MSR market. The credit union industry reported a combined $197.6 billion in mortgage servicing for others at March 31, up 1.5 percent…

FBR believes continued changes at FHA will benefit private mortgage insurers...

Counterparty risk appears to be on the mind of the FHFA…