Second-ranked AGNC Investment Corp. – formerly American Capital Agency Corp. – reported a 2.2 percent increase in its MBS holdings under a new management structure…

RE/MAX promises that its new loan brokerage franchise concept is RESPA compliant...

An executive at Angel Oak Capital, Atlanta, parent of Angel Oak Home Loans, confirmed that his firm is seeking a rating and would like to issue a rated non-QM MBS someday…

The serious delinquency rate on Fannie’s purchased/guaranteed Alt A mortgages was 5.27 percent at Sept. 30, down from 6.75 percent the year before.

Credit Suisse issued two more series of notes this week on its mortgage-lending warehouse securitization offering, according to Moody’s Investors Service. The $1.20 billion in total new issuance from the Wall Street firm followed two notes it issued in August totaling $800 million. As with the August issuance, the new Mortgage Repurchase Agreement Financing Trust, Series 2016-3 and Series 2016-4, received A2 ratings from Moody’s. All of the deals were underwritten by Credit Suisse and HSBC Securities. The transactions are backed...

In case you didn’t know it, the Irvine, CA-based Citadel now services roughly $650 million in nonprime loans. Angel Oak and Deephaven use subservicers…

FHA endorsements rose 16.6 percent from the second quarter and VA loan guaranty production increased 20.3 percent…

CEO Debra Still of Pulte Mortgage blamed low usage on the fact that Fannie and Freddie use different terminology and eligibility criteria for things like area median income.

PHH officials say the company has improved its servicing operations in recent years and agreed to the consent order “to avoid the distraction and expense of litigation.”

Another candidate for the HUD job is believed to be Pam Patenaude, president of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families.