As the former director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, Mark Calabria brings a decidedly libertarian perspective to housing finance.

The loan originator’s unique identifier assigned by the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry will not be disclosed publicly…

Buybacks by GSE seller/servicers set a new quarterly low…

Brian Chappelle, a principal in Potomac Partners told IMFnews that his lending clients “are starting to worry.”

Rep. Waters to Mick Mulvaney: “I am writing to inform you that while your time running the Consumer Bureau may be over, the time for accountability for your actions is about to begin.”

Was it Mnuchin’s idea to call the six bank CEOs or did President Trump put him up to it? That storyline has yet to be fully explored…

Matt Nichols, a former Goldman Sachs executive, launched Deephaven earlier in the decade as a correspondent buyer of non-QM loans.

“Securitization is the false god that failed us.” These are the words of Mark Calabria, the conservative economist whom the Trump administration nominated last week as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, replacing Mel Watt, whose term ends in January.

With many consumers shopping at brick-and-mortar stores this holiday season, mortgages on department stores and shopping malls that are included in commercial MBS will likely see good performance in the end of 2018, said DBRS. [Includes one data chart.]

The ARM share typically goes up when interest rates rise, but not this time around…