The Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan initiative is the largest of the USDA’s single-family housing programs.

According to one advisor: “I do think a thaw is on, but if you threw it on the grill, it would still be pretty tough because it’s not fully defrosted.”

Fannie and Freddie are still worth less than social media darling Snap, but the gap is narrowing...

The agency share of total jumbo production reached its highest level in 2009 and 2010, immediately after “emergency” high-cost loan limits were put in place…

JPMorgan said 50 investors bought into the bank’s latest jumbo MBS. Typically, 20 to 30 buyers line up…

Among the top 30, LoanCare had the largest increase to its jumbo servicing portfolio…

Attorney Barbara Mishkin notes: “…the amicus brief to be filed by the U.S. can be expected to support PHH’s position that the CFPB’s single-director-removable-only-for-cause structure is unconstitutional.”

Four mortgages from First Republic Bank were subject to limited reviews that didn’t include checks for compliance with TRID.

Fairholme extolled the GSE’s massive fourth quarter profits of almost $10 billion, and called them “indispensable” to the mortgage insurance industry…

Perhaps, residential servicers should receive 33 basis points for servicing Fannie/Freddie loans, not 25 bps...