The warehouse lending market continued to hum along in the second quarter, but executives in charge of extending credit to nonbank mortgage lenders are beginning to see certain warning signs, including lower profit margins. “Profits are definitely tightening,” said Chuck Mueller, president and CEO of Fidelity Bank, Edina, MN, a one-branch bank whose forte is warehouse lending. Some executives note...[Includes one data chart]

The publicly traded REIT is jumping into the jumbo MBS market with its first deal. Many of the loans come from nonbanks.

Any private label mortgage seized through the use of eminent domain will not be eligible for FHA coverage, HUD hints in a new letter.

The IG's evaluation survey found that the total cumulative voluntary attrition rate at Fannie’s capital markets group “increased somewhat” from January 2010 through 2012.

The market did not react kindly to PennyMac's announcement about selling more shares of common stock.

If you thought that Bank of America was done selling mortgage servicing rights, think again.

It would appear that the GSE buyback scourge may be winding down. Meanwhile, Fannie Mae has egg on its face over someone it hired.

Fannie sold $2.2 billion of non-agency assets in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, Freddie sold at least $1 billion of non-prime MBS in May.

FHFA has handed over a list of CEO candidates to Spencer Stuart, which bills itself as an international recruiting firm with 54 offices in 29 countries.

Over the rest of the decade will any lender be able to challenge Wells Fargo's dominance in the retail channel? A new ranking suggests not.