Rep. French Hill, R-AR, wants the QM patch to expire as well. “Allowing Fannie and Freddie to continue loading up on high-debt mortgages because of a temporary loophole has had a harmful effect on the broader housing market,” he said. 

Among the top 10 FHA direct lenders, not one was a bank. Quicken ranked first overall...

Discussing Ocwen's $89.7 million loss in 2Q19, CEO Glen Messina said, “I continue to be pleased with the results of our integration, cost re-engineering, MSR sourcing, and lending growth efforts. Despite a more challenging market and business environment to achieve MSR portfolio growth, we remain committed to strengthening the company and returning to profitability..."

In case you haven’t noticed, the share price of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common has been in a freefall since early June, down 32.4% each.

In the second quarter, Wells Fargo suffered a 2.0% sequential decline in its MSR portfolio while JPM's receivables dropped 1.4%...

IMA says the seller wants to establish a working relationship with the buyer to subservice the mortgages.

Fannie/Freddie "noncore" loans include conforming jumbos, mortgages with debt-to-income ratios greater than 43%, investor loans/second properties and cash-out refinances...

More than 80% of the loans were in MBS issued in 2016 and 2017 that have since been “collapsed,” according to a report from Fitch Ratings.  

In a new report to its shareholders, Fairholme Capital Management notes the fund it manages owns a 4% position in the preferred shares of Freddie, “which currently trade at less than half of stated liquidation values, implying potential current yields of over 14% per annum.”

The securitization of retail-property mortgages plummeted 25.7% from 1Q to 2Q, IM&A found...