What caused the delay of DU 10.0? “Issues,” said the GSE…

Chase, which has significantly increased its jumbo originations in recent years, more than doubled its IO originations in the first quarter.

Ginnie Mae officials often tout the popularity of their MBS in Asian and other overseas markets…

The Urban Institute is warning against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac putting all of their eggs into one credit-risk transfer basket. The CRT programs at the two government-sponsored enterprises have relied heavily on structured debt notes sold to capital market investors – Freddie’s Structured Agency Credit Risk and Fannie’s Connecticut Avenue Securities – as well as reinsurance. Although the influx of private capital is a good thing, Karan Kaul, research associate with UI, said...

Although Fannie bragged about the size of the CIRT deal, it did not identify its counterparties.

Late this week we were hearing reports about one mortgage cooperative that was trying to strike a deal with one of the GSEs regarding pricing breaks for its members...

The first report from the National Mortgage Database offers some details on borrowers with large loans beyond the data included in the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. The NMDB includes information from surveys administered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The federal regulators survey about 6,000 new borrowers on a quarterly basis, accounting for about 0.4 percent of the population of new mortgage originations ...

The residential servicing market is a slow-changing glacier…

FHFA chief Mel Watt also points out that the sale of Fannie’s existing properties will result “in substantial additional financial benefits.”

Eventually, Fannie Mae will sell its historic HQ site at 3900 Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, DC, and making a killing on the sale...