Freddie Mac continued to make a profit in the first three months of 2017 but its net income slipped to $2.2 billion, a 54.2 percent sequential decline from the previous quarter, according to the government-sponsored enterprise’s earnings statement published this week. The GSE attributed the decline to a reduction in market-related gains with interest rates and spreads remaining steady. There were fewer refinance transactions, and non-cash hedging gains disappeared during the quarter. Freddie’s core business of collecting guarantee fees continued...

The two top executives at Impac Mortgage Holdings took home a combined $13.22 million in pay last year...

Denmar Dixon, who stepped down as CEO of Walter Investment Management Corp. last year, received $6.62 million in total compensation for 2016 while the company posted a net loss of $529 million.

Ocwen’s management noted there is no guaranty the deal with New Residential will actually close.

Perhaps the new Treasury secretary finally looked at the numbers, realizing that Fannie and Freddie – wards of the government since September 2008 – forked over roughly $20 billion to Uncle Sam…

Deephaven CEO Matt Nichols is a former managing director at Goldman Sachs & Co.

The number of FHA loans 30-60 days past due declined by 28.4 percent, lowering the delinquency rate by 1.51 percentage points…

Since the fall of 2008, Treasury has controlled the senior preferred stock in Freddie and Fannie, making the U.S. government the de facto owner of the two - and the linchpin to the housing and mortgage markets.

While jumbo production fell on a sequential basis, many lenders saw a gain when compared to the same quarter a year earlier…

Stevens credited the Federal Housing Finance Agency with making “significant progress” in fixing the flaws of Fannie and Freddie...