Before the pandemic struck, a consumer would start shopping 180 days before closing on a mortgage...

The industry-wide servicing-for-others total was down $99.41 billion from June, a 3.0% quarterly decline. With a handful of exceptions, the banking sector has reported quarterly declines in SFO since the end of 2009.

Michael Bright: “SFA reiterates our support for the ultimate goal of releasing the GSEs from conservatorship and to increase the role of private capital in our nation’s housing finance system in a responsible manner"...

One area that many lenders have questions about: branch managers who also produce loans...

The big question for the industry: Once production finally slows next year, will lenders trim retail and opt to use brokers since the latter only get paid if the loan closes?

At the end of June, the the insurance giant laid claim to a residential whole-loan portfolio totaling $17.2 billion...

Klain was a registered Fannie Mae lobbyist from 2002 to 2005...

Meanwhile, over at Fannie Mae, repurchases fell 19.7% to just $12.7 million.

Late this week there was talk in the market of two fairly large packages up for grabs: a $13 billion portfolio of conventional mortgage servicing rights and a $25 billion offering...

Federally insured depositories added a whopping $115.23 billion to their aggregate single-family MBS portfolio during 3Q20, according to Inside MBS & ABS...