In a recent letter to HUD Secretary Julian Castro, 69 House members called for policy changes that would relax FHA restrictions to facilitate the purchase and sale of condominiums.

Keep in mind that hedging can be a tricky business, whether you're a GSE or not...

Among the top five contributors to jumbo MBS, all were nonbanks, except First Republic.

The remaining principal balance of securitized VA loans was $426.8 billion, up 5.1 percent from the prior quarter.

Some 35 percent of the U.S. population has a credit score below 650, said Matt Nichols, CEO of Deephaven Mortgage.

Discussing the new integrated disclosure rule known as TRID, Ishbia noted that loan brokers “adapted wonderfully and we are closing a lot of TRID loans.”

OCC chief Thomas Curry added: “It’s clear to me that these reserves need to rise to account for the increasing credit risk we are seeing in the system."

Among the top ten residential lenders, CitiMortgage and Bank of America had the weakest growth rate...

Agency multifamily MBS issuance dropped more steeply, by 19.7 percent, but that was from the record $30.91 billion issued during the second quarter of this year.

The privately held Citadel will continue to service the underlying loans.