Former MBA Chief Dave Stevens on the higher conforming loan limits: “For an industry led mostly by conservatives, this dependence on a socialized financial system is really ironic.”

“With the turmoil at the CFPB, states are feeling that they have to fill the void,” said Daniel Suvor, counsel at O’Melveny & Myers…

One warehouse chief even suggested that in 1Q19, as many as 70 percent of nonbanks will lose money before the spring homebuying season kicks in.

At HUD, staffing levels have dropped almost 50 percent since 1991. From 2008 to 2017, HUD lost 18.5 percent of its full-time permanent staff, the highest staffing loss among any cabinet-level agency…

Stakeholders don’t anticipate the FHFA, with a new director nominated by President Trump, to move immediately to reduce the current benchmark loan limit...

In 2017, MLO license growth was strong at 8.9 percent annualized, but not this year…

HERA allows exceptions for the maximum conforming loan limits for “high cost areas.”

Arch Chief Economist DeFranco says despite lower sales, it’s still a seller’s market in most cities…

Making sure the MBS issued by the two GSEs perform identically, within narrow limits, is key to convincing traders…

The implication is that banks – which seems to have excess capacity on their balance sheets – could simply hold conventional loans in portfolio…