It's only a matter of time before the White House officially nominates acting Ginnie Mae president Michael Bright to be the permanent head of the agency...

The recent announcement that New Residential Investment Corp. will buy the New Penn mort-gage banking operation of Shellpoint Partners is fueling speculation that more publicly traded real es-tate investment trusts might dive into the business of residential lending.

Can it be? A bi-partisan reg relief measure that helps the mortgage industry?

Servicing income rose 1.5 percent during the third quarter, although five of the 12 companies reported declines and one of them – PHH Mortgage – posted a loss.

Redwood: “We will offer new ways for these [nonbank] sellers to optimize their capital bases…”

Investor Pershing Square Capital should be happy. The firm owns roughly 9.98 percent of Fannie common and 9.77 percent of Freddie.

The investor was also critical of HomeStreet’s efforts to expand its footprint beyond the Pacific Northwest…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants a complete list of OMB staffers who have been detailed to the CFPB by Mulvaney...

However, Hensarling is adamant that the plug be pulled on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

The FHFA said it’s working with Fannie and Freddie to “develop processes to identify and align those enterprise programs, policies, and practices that could materially affect prepayments.”