The average loan-to-value ratio for the securitized FHA and VA loans were 92.3 percent and 94.6 percent, respectively.

The bulk servicing market has been quiet lately. But all that could change soon...

Cowen adds the nomination “also leaves the door open to FHA premium cuts, though the real driver of that will be the pick of an FHA commissioner.”

Cowen adds the nomination “also leaves the door open to FHA premium cuts, though the real driver of that will be the pick of an FHA commissioner.”

HUD decided to ease the HR rules in new guidance issued at the end of November...

Freddie Mac posted a 45.9 percent market share for November – 10.2 percentage points higher than in the previous month…

The case against Allied Home Mortgage stemmed from a “whistleblower” action filed in Boston back in 2011.

New production of agency single-family MBS in November was down 8.2 percent from the previous month, according to a preliminary Inside MBS & ABS analysis. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae issued a combined $134.70 billion of single-family MBS in November, the lowest monthly total since July. A decline wasn’t unexpected: the housing market is on the downslope of its seasonal trend and rising mortgage interest rates are taking some of the steam out of the refinance market. What is a little unusual is...[Includes two data tables]

Just over a week ago, the Federal Housing Finance Agency raised the maximum conforming loan limit for GSE mortgages by $7,100 for 2017, citing an increase in home prices.

Will the GSE-investing PE firms blow it?