Most of the fourth-quarter activity came from the Federal Reserve’s efforts to enhance its holdings of Freddie Mac paper.

Rep. Mike Flood, R-NE, pointed to regulations (largely at the state/local level) and the cost of materials as the main drivers limiting the supply of homes for sale.

The first Trump administration didn’t take many actions to boost the non-QM market, so the outlook is murky.

Rate bought Advocus — then known as Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund — in April 2022 for an undisclosed sum.

A decline in interest rates helped to increase demand for refis and purchase mortgages last week.

For the seventh quarter in a row, the Des Moines bank was the most profitable.

The REIT earned $28.8 million in 2024.

The largest pending change to the MCR is that it will support implementation of prudential standards.

Four deals started marketing Monday, including three expanded-credit MBS.

Fannie Mae is set to issue a credit risk transfer deal tied to a pool of mortgages with an unpaid principal balance of $17.0 billion.