Compared to the fourth quarter of last year, mortgage complaints declined by 14.8 percent.

Single-family volume was down from the unusually high level in the fourth quarter of last year…

One GSE watcher called it, "The biggest company quarterly profit since the Roman Empire, adjusted for inflation of course.”

Fink is expected to leave Fannie Mae in the second half of the year.

Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie securitized $156.80 billion of refi loans during 1Q17, down 35.1 percent sequentially, according to Inside MBS & ABS.

GSE originators have long complained that the rep-and-warrant policies need to be more transparent.

As its footprint in the residential credit market expands, counterparties are looking to Annaly as a source of liquidity…

The Fed owns roughly $1.7 trillion worth of agency MBS. But don’t expect any wholesale dumping to take place…

As might be expected, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, did his best to pummel the CFPB and its Director Richard Cordray during a hearing Wednesday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs this week expressed willingness to work with Congress and mortgage industry participants to find a solution to the agency’s ongoing appraiser shortage. Testifying during a hearing held by the House Veterans Affairs’ Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, representatives of the VA Home Loan Guaranty Service, the National Association of Realtors, the Appraisal Institute and Clear Capital said the shortage of appraisers has led to long delays in obtaining appraisals and loan closings, as well as high appraisal costs. The VA appraisal program has been...