A basic question is posed: If Fannie and Freddie are earning so much money, why do they need to impose the fee?

As Brown and Reed point out, unless Fannie and Freddie specifically require it, the parties purchasing these loans are under no obligation to provide forbearance to the borrowers.

loandepot’s chief backer, dating back to 2010, is private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners.

Bottom line: Originations increase nicely, but GOS declines...

The deadline for potential competitors to submit their proposals was Sept. 15. However, that was just the first of four phases in the selection process established last year by the FHFA. The enterprises expect the process to take at least another year to complete.

Before she ran for Congress, Porter taught consumer bankruptcy and mortgage foreclosure law at the University of California...

On Friday, Black Knight Financial released its forbearance tally, saying the measurement declined 137,000 units for the seven-day period ending Nov. 3. Roughly 2.9 million mortgagors are in some type of COVID-related relief program or 5.45% of those with a first lien...

At DOR, formerly known as the Division of Conservatorship, Cave will supervise the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

The calculus is straightforward: With that much capital tied up in equity, it’s difficult to see how the GSEs could generate adequate returns to attract investors.

Moreover, the "back to the office" quandary became even more pertinent Monday morning, given the positive news surrounding the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.