The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported this week that the GSEs completed 67,569 foreclosure prevention actions in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Former Fannie Mae executive and critic of the government-sponsored enterprises’ credit-risk transfer programs, Tim Howard, said on his blog this week that CRTs only help “sustain what has become a very profitable program for Wall Street firms and capital market investors.”

Housing-finance reform appears to be in the process of a slow death for 2018 partly because of the pending departure of key players.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson told Congress it would cost approximately $500 million upfront to convert FHA’s archaic information technology systems to a modern technology platform.

Fannie Mae adjusted its automated underwriting services last summer to make more loans with higher debt-to-income ratios eligible for approval without lenders needing to provide compensating factors.

Freddie Mac announced its first non-performing loan sale of the year this week.

Consumers who take part in homebuyer education and counseling classes are more satisfied with the mortgage process.

Former World Acceptance Corp. CEO Janet Lewis Matricciani wants to apply for the position of CFPB director .

The mortgage servicing business racked up its third consecutive year of steady growth in 2017.

UBS agreed to a $230.0 million settlement on Wednesday with the New York attorney general to resolve issues with pre-crisis non-agency mortgage-backed securities.