Some warehouse lenders are nervous about the VA ‘orphan loan’ mess as well, sources told Inside Mortgage Finance…

FHA may soon have a new condo lending rule, but one lobbyist called it "four years too late..."

Fed researchers examined data before and after July 2011, when the CFPB began operation…

At the same time, there has been an increase in the share of loans with downpayment assistance…

FHA officials have begun raising alarms about the rising proportion of higher-risk mortgages being endorsed by the agency. A new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities data suggests they have good cause for their concerns

Ginnie Mae will be ramping up its efforts over the next three years to ensure issuer liquidity by expanding the supply of stable capital to support mortgage servicing rights and to strengthen oversight of counterparty risk.

The possibility of issuer failure is a continuing concern at Ginnie Mae…

Mortgage lenders started diverting high-balance GSE-eligible loans into non-agency MBS last year…

Ginnie Mae is considering three possible initiatives that would meet issuers’ needs that are not fully accommodated under its mortgage-backed securities program.

Ginnie Mae is working on a process that would allow it to accept digital promissory notes and other digitized loan files, in addition to traditional paper mortgages, as eligible collateral for its securities, according to a white paper the agency issued this week.