More clarity on the matter is expected later this month when Ginnie is set to release new guidance at the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives just wage slaves? And is there something wrong with that?

The watchdog arm of Congress noted that the Treasury hasn’t implemented 6 out of 24 recommendations relating to housing programs funded by the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Quick question: What’s the difference between student loan debt and mortgage debt? One is impossible to extinguish by going through bankruptcy.

The initiative – which is being spearheaded by The Collingwood Group – comes at a time when the share prices of publicly traded mortgage companies have reached new lows.

FHFA Director Mel Watt wants to ban companies from using their captive insurance affiliates from joining the FHLB system.

Two previous cases have raised similar issues tied to the legal theory of disparate impact.

Back in May, Pershing Square founder William Ackman said the common stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be worth at least $23 a share. Huh?

Calvin Wong of Morningstar noted that rating shopping is most obvious in the commercial MBS market

“Rating shopping is alive and well,” Calvin Wong, chief credit officer at Morningstar Credit Ratings, said last week at the ABS East conference in Miami Beach. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released a rule setting new requirements for the rating services, but Wong warned that the SEC hasn’t done enough to address the issue. He said...