With Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac set to lose their capital buffers in eight short months, industry trade groups, think tanks and policy wonks are churning out reform blueprints at warp speed these days even though Congress likely won’t act until sometime next year, if then. Last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association floated its plan to reconstitute the two government-sponsored enterprises – followed by several critiques, not all of them kind – and this week the Independent Community Bankers of America published its proposal. Both plans throw...

Of the five states with the largest share of non-current mortgages, Mississippi ranked first with 9.70 percent…

A fair question: If there’s no federal guaranty on conventional MBS will the housing and mortgage markets tank?

Bank of America has made a break from most of the other big banks in terms of sending conforming mortgages to the government-sponsored enterprises. Officials at the bank said BofA is retaining more of its GSE-eligible loans, though the strategy can result in short-term decreases to mortgage-banking income. “We believe retaining these mortgages will provide better economics over time, plus retention deepens our relationship with these customers,” Paul Donofrio, BofA’s chief financial officer ...

MUFG Union Bank of California, which relies heavily on jumbos, saw loan production fall on a sequential basis by just 4.4 percent, the best showing among the top 50, Inside Mortgage Finance found.

It’s still early in the reporting season, but when it comes to home lending, nonbank executives seem more optimistic than their depository peers…

Roughly $12.50 billion of agency mortgages securitized during the first quarter with some form of primary MI were tied to Golden State properties.

Arch reported primary mortgage insurance in force of $237.8 billion at March 31…

Is the White House pondering HUD-related nominations?

The ICBA believes the GSE risk-sharing securities are illiquid and would likely “dry up” in times of market stress.