One former Fannie Mae official told us that stellar profits posted by the two are “just about done.”

When Freddie makes that next “dividend” payment, its “account surplus” with Treasury will total $34.6 billion: federal assistance of $71.3 billion since September 2008 versus dividend payments of $105.9 billion.

The agency estimates there are 26 million Americans who are “credit invisibles...”

Over the past two years, PHH has lost $347 million, much of it caused by a private-label origination model that has fallen on hard times and rapidly declining interest rates…

In a few weeks, almost all of that profit will be swept into the coffers of the U.S. Treasury, which supported the GSE during its money losing years...

While most banks are running away from the business of servicing home mortgages, BB&T appears to like the space...

The main risks in making mortgages to foreign nationals: the borrower’s lack of credit history and issues tied to income verification.

The court also ordered that the three-judge panel’s ruling this past October be vacated. Oral arguments will be heard May 24...

Fed Chairman Janet Yellen on the future of Fannie and Freddie: “…I would hope that Congress would decide explicitly on what the government’s role is and if there are guarantees, that they would be recognized and priced appropriately.”

“Anytime you have rates run up by 50 basis points, it usually takes about 90 days before a washout begins,” said one mortgage advisor.