The mortgage M&A market is heating up and not just in the lending space. Moreover, a large insurance company is contemplating an entry into the business.

Ginnie Mae issuers may buy out mortgage loans that are due but unpaid for four consecutive installments even if the borrower has made partial payments.

The FHFA IG acknowledged the regulator's progress in stabilizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but said the agency “can do more to enhance its role as conservator and regulator.”

CashCall, one of the largest call center lenders in the U.S., is open for offers, Inside Mortgage Finance has learned.

Freddie Mac is creating a large MBS backed by reperforming mortgages. But don't look for the bond to be sold in the open market.

Mortgage bankers originated $54 billion of jumbo loans in the first quarter, a slight decline from the prior period but the second best showing in two years.

Thanks to coming changes in FHA’s mortgage insurance premium cancellation policy, investors in the secondary market met avoid these loans.

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie mac sitting on huge untapped profits?

Sen. Warner recently paid a visit to Freddie Mac employees but offered little information about his pending GSE bill.

Fannie and Freddie were ordered by their regulator to sell illiquid securities. But those bonds may fetch a nice price in the secondary market.