Important lessons learned this week: What goes up, must come down; mortgage rates don't always track the 10-year Treasury; stock speculation (Fannie/Freddie) is not for the faint of heart...

Officials at Redwood noted that gross margins on the issuance of mortgage-backed securities and whole loan sales improved as well.

Attorney Andi Mandell: “They want to buy and there’s not a whole lot out there.”

Following President Trump’s inauguration in 2017, the Department of the Treasury played an active role in developing the FHLB plan to buy Freddie Mac...

Steve Harris, president of MIAC Capital Markets, New York, was particularly vocal in his summation: “Sell now or have your asset vaporize.”

At Dec. 31, the bond offered a yield of 1.92%, or 68 basis points higher, a significant difference.

Wells Fargo was the Big Kahuna of purchase lending in 2019 while Quicken Loans was the refi king, Inside Mortgage Finance found…

Quicken Loans was the top ranked FHA producer for the year with $17.4 billion, followed by United Wholesale Mortgage ($13.1 billion) and Freedom Mortgage ($8.7 billion).

Will a Democratic victory be the death knell for GSE reform?

Ocwen is losing a big subservicing contract with REIT New Residential but isn't worried about the development because the contract was unprofitable in the fourth quarter...