Craig Phillips, counselor to the Treasury secretary, recently spoke about the importance of credit-risk transfers, the role of private capital in the mortgage market and burdensome regulations. During a credit-risk transfer symposium in New York City earlier this week, he said it’s important to grow participation in the government-sponsored enterprises’ CRT programs. “Every dollar of risk today is a dollar less of taxpayer risk,” said Phillips. “In my view we should continue...

Specifically, HUD wants to know if there are any regulations that should be repealed, replaced or modified.

This fall will mark – unless there’s divine intervention or a Kumbaya moment in Washington – the ninth anniversary of the federal takeover of Fannie and Freddie.

In other words, Ocwen should have told shareholders that there was an MOU with the MMC.

Ryan went on to say it would be a limited buffer, but it should be large enough to help cover and avoid a draw...

The VA panel presented several “egregious loan” scenarios involving reviews of several mortgages from 2016 in which lenders were required to sign indemnification agreements.

The plan to raise the standard has been met with hostility by many in the residential real estate industry, said Matthew Pointon, an economist at Capital Economics.

Montgomery currently serves as vice chairman of The Collingwood Group, a consultancy which he co-founded in 2009.

Alterra Home Loans hired Tom Middleton as senior vice president of business development and national expansion. He joins the nonbank from On Q Financial...

Several trade groups, investors and analysts quickly issued their take on Watt’s comments, but there were some notables missing in action: Pershing Square and Fairholme.