AmeriHome Mortgage, a larger correspondent buyer of loans, recently said it’s hiring internal support positions.

Some in the industry believe the GSE common shares are essentially worthless with the junior preferred falling into the category of being a speculative bet.

Consumer-direct LOs had a higher average base compensation than retail LOs but received much lower incentive payments.

Industry observers like Tim Howard, a former Fannie CFO, said that while reducing the corporate tax rate would lower the taxes the GSEs pay in the long run, it would drain the value of their DTAs in the short term.

According to an Inside MBS & ABS analysis, the average credit score for GSE business in the first quarter was 745.1…

The company that owns the portfolio was described in the offering circular only as an “experienced seller.”

The bureau specifically invited mortgage loan servicers and other industry representatives to comment on its assessment plan...

One fact seems certain: there are more purchasers for non-agency/nonprime loans than a year ago with a handful of foreign and even U.S. banks contemplating acquisitions…

The FHFA was created in part because its predecessor, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, was widely seen as lacking enough independence to adequately oversee the GSEs...

After the end of the first quarter, PennyMac acquired a bulk portfolio of Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights with an unpaid principal balance of $4.30 billion.