In all likelihood, the FHA could be looking at more than $200 billion in total originations this year, Brian Chappelle predicted.

One of Fannie’s and Freddie’s reputed “sins” was donating large sums of money to politicians who, in turn, ran interference for them on Capitol Hill...

At mid-year 2015, Redwood’s subsidiary had $882 million of outstanding FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 0.23 percent and a weighted average maturity of six years.

Jumbos accounted for 18.1 percent of total production in 2014, up from a 14.6 percent share the previous year.

A lawyer by trade, Watt noted: “Unfortunately, legal constraints prevent me from saying much about this because we are in the period between the end of the comment period and the time we issue the final rule.”

“Had the proposal been implemented, it could have had a chilling effect on FHA lending, to the detriment of the borrowers served by the FHA program,” according to lawyers at K&L Gates.

The performance comes at a time when the agency increasingly seems concerned about the capital cushion of certain fast-growing nonbanks.

The announcement by Freddie Mac might be viewed as a sign that the GSEs are competing once again.

Controlled by Loan Star Funds, Caliber has $1.0 billion to spend on funding non-agency mortgages.

Beginning next year, Fannie will require seller/servicers to use trending credit data when underwriting single-family borrows through DU.