Compared to 2011, g-fees (which include LLPAs) have increased a whopping 126 percent.

Investors in Freddie (and Fannie Mae) common and preferred who bought their shares as a speculative investment are still wondering: Hey, when do we get some of that money?

In the past, the FHFA has shot down a couple of program myths and emphasized that being significantly underwater doesn’t disqualify borrowers from using HARP…

An estimated $46 billion in ARMs were originated in the first quarter of 2016, down 2.1 percent from the previous quarter…

According to KBR, falling rates trimmed MSR values by roughly 6 percent.

Refinancing has been heavy this year. Ginnie MBS outstanding at the end of 2015 lost $99.51 billion of FHA loans through the first six months of 2016.

Next week, the GSEs will release 2Q results and all eyes will be on the line item that reveals the net gain or loss from their derivatives, the instruments the two use to hedge their MBS positions.

Conduit deals issued in the second half of this year will benefit the most from spread tightening…

Impac said that while it sells production, it is now retaining more than 80.0 percent of its mortgage servicing rights.

When rates plunge at the end of a given quarter – as they did in June – it usually translates into large hedging losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But this time around, there seems to be less chatter about the topic – and a reduced level of anxiety. Next week, both government-sponsored enterprises will release second-quarter results and all eyes will be on the line item that reveals the net gain or loss from their derivatives, the instruments the two use to hedge their MBS positions. In the first quarter of this year, Freddie posted...