According to calculations made by Inside Mortgage Finance, the patch currently accounts for as much as 30% of single-family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 

Steve Harris of MIAC Capital Markets: “I guess this means less risk for the agencies and perhaps more for the private sector."

The presale report notes income on 47.5% of the loans was verified using “alternative methods,” which means personal or business bank statements.

Although MBS issuance was strong in the second quarter, ABS deals were less robust...

To date, much of the revival in the new “subprime” mortgage market (non-QM) has been driven exclusively by nonbanks, but that’s beginning to change...

MBA worries that if the GSE patch expires without any corresponding reforms to "preserve access to credit," the residential mortgage market will be disrupted...

How much do mortgage CEOs at private firms earn each year? We’ve been asking around of late and the answers we received offer a wide range... 

To ensure lenders are not adversely impacted by the outage, FHA will make adjustments to response due dates.

Harvard's Don Layton on creating more competition for Fannie and Freddie: “I have not encountered any knowledgeable people who think it could happen quickly."

Which top-10 home lender had the largest sequential gain in 2Q19? Quicken? UWM? Guess again. It was Freedom Mortgage with 81.9%.