The credit enhancement on the triple-A bonds is a hefty 34.9 percent, according to KBRA.

We also caught wind of a large servicing auction that took place last week. The broker on the transaction had not returned a media inquiry on the deal...

The real story is whether more modest alternative measures will be forthcoming.

ABA stands to be an “influencer” in the debate not just because of the size of its bank membership base, but because depositories rank a close second to the Federal Reserve among the largest investors in agency securities.

PennyMac sourced 92.7 percent of its government-insured loans from correspondents…

A few years ago, ComplianceEase was chosen to provide the technology platform that enables regulators and licensees to cooperate and share the electronic files necessary to facilitate e-exams.

Some $247.0 billion of subprime mortgages were outstanding at the end of the first quarter of 2017, according to estimates by Inside Nonconforming Markets.

Capital Alpha projects that the “emerging reform thrust” might emulate ideas promulgated by the Mortgage Bankers Association, which is adamantly opposed to recap and release.

Purchase-mortgage business at Fannie and Freddie was up a solid 15.5 percent from April, hitting $36.78 billion, tops so far in 2017.

The fear is that if the GSE patch were to expire mortgage lending in the industry might be constrained.