“Jerry Buckley would fit the bill perfectly,” said one industry lobbyist...

The only firms that are feeling overly bullish are nonprime shops such as Angel Oak and Citadel Servicing…

According to a new SEC filing, the unsecured notes previously matured in 2021 and carried a yield of 7.88 percent.

Mnuchin said the 30-year FRM cannot survive without Fannie and Freddie...

Treasury would be barred from selling or disposing of “any senior preferred shares, any interest in the warrants, any common shares acquired upon the exercise of the warrants, or any other equity interest that were acquired pursuant to the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement.”

Ginnie may require offenders to recalibrate their high-risk portfolio to more acceptable risk levels…

One advisor familiar with the situation called the hiring of Samples and a recent batch of layoffs at FGMC, “a clean sweep of the corporate suite.”

Industry consultant Joe Garrett: “Commissions to retail loan officers are still just about the biggest expense in the industry.”

MGIC said the origination of such loans accelerated last summer when Fannie Mae eased guidelines on loans with 45 percent and above DTI.

The authors note that 90 percent of Fannie/Freddie MBS trading occurs in the TBA forward market.