Over the past few years there has been some debate about the role Fannie and Freddie play in the multifamily sector with GSE critics pushing for the two to scale back their involvement.

Among originators, Freedom Mortgage ranks 10th. In 2014 it funded $23.63 billion, a 48 percent gain from the year prior.

Compass Point hiked its purchase money estimate to $819 billion from $787 billion.

Ocwen’s share price has almost doubled! How’s that? Well...

Broker-originated purchase mortgages pushed the envelope a little further, with an average credit score of 719.1 and an average DTI of 37.7.

From 2005 to 2007 homeowners converted an estimated $823 billion of home equity into swimming pools, cars, hospital bills and other uses. Of course, those days are long gone.

With rates low on current production, prices are strong for “flow” transactions.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wrote a combined $56.9 billion of multifamily business in 2014, up 4.6 percent from the previous year. Fannie issued $11.4 billion in multifamily mortgage-backed securities in the fourth quarter of 2014, bringing the year’s total to $28.6 billion, mostly through its Delegated Underwriting and Servicing program. That represented a slight uptick from the previous year’s $28.5 billion. Fannie also re-securitized $2.5 billion of DUS MBS through its Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (GeMS) program in the fourth quarter. That brought total 2014 issuance in the program to $12.0 billion, making last year the biggest year for GeMS issuance since the program started. “2014 was a strong year for Fannie Mae multifamily activity on all fronts. The DUS ...

The regulator sued All Financial Services, a Maryland-based mortgage broker that plies its trade in the reverse mortgage market.

From what we understand, HLSS told Mangrove to take a hike…