Michael Bright: “SFA reiterates our support for the ultimate goal of releasing the GSEs from conservatorship and to increase the role of private capital in our nation’s housing finance system in a responsible manner"...

One area that many lenders have questions about: branch managers who also produce loans...

The big question for the industry: Once production finally slows next year, will lenders trim retail and opt to use brokers since the latter only get paid if the loan closes?

At the end of June, the the insurance giant laid claim to a residential whole-loan portfolio totaling $17.2 billion...

Meanwhile, over at Fannie Mae, repurchases fell 19.7% to just $12.7 million.

After a three-week lull in deals, JPMorgan Chase and American Mortgage Investment Partners Management are marketing new non-agency MBS.

Caliber hopes to go public one of these days, while Freedom presently has no desire to test the IPO waters.

In a 12-page fact sheet on the announcement, the regulator notes the final rule is “similar in key respects to the proposed rule, with certain enhancements and other changes made in response to comments.”

The estimated $822 billion of conventional-conforming lending set a quarterly record and represented 72.1% of the huge third-quarter wave of mortgage originations.