A former Congressman, Watt knows full well that by allowing Fannie and Freddie to build capital once again it will set off a political firestorm...

The key factor for the greater MI penetration was the relatively stronger performance of purchase-mortgage lending compared to refinance activity…

Overall, Arch MI wrote coverage on $12.66 billion of home mortgages in the first quarter, of which 81.9 percent were monthly premium policies…

The second major complaint of the ABA is the rule’s potential negative effect on commercial real estate lending.

The MSR market is in a good place now, said MountainView’s David Bennett.

During the hearing Thursday, Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, called “the whole issue of them running out of resources” baseless.

Watt’s comments on building capital did not move the share price of Fannie/Freddie common very much...

Some of the slowdown in non-agency CMBS is likely due to lingering uncertainty about risk-retention requirements, which took effect at the end of 2016.

At March 31, Ditech serviced 1.9 million accounts, with an unpaid principal balance of $220.2 billion. During the quarter, the company suffered a net disappearance rate of 13.56 on its MSR portfolio.

The fix-and-flip market has been red hot the past few years…