Small and mid-sized mortgage bankers saw a 65.7% jump in GSE loan sales, pushing their share of the market 2.1 percentage points higher…

All of the loans in the MBS were underwritten using debt-service coverage ratios.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency makes it clear that only firms with experience and knowledge in the arena of housing finance will be considered.

Shouldn’t the managements of Fannie and Freddie start preparing for the day when they’re “free” from the shackles of regulatory bondage? Shouldn’t CEOs Hugh Frater (Fannie) and David Brickman (Freddie) be holding high level meetings with their lieutenants regarding strategies for the future?

Of course, mortgage historians know that Berkshire took a bite at the GSE apple a few decades back. In 2000, Berkshire was one of the largest shareholders in Freddie...

1st Alliance CEO John Dilorio disputed the interpretation, noting that unlicensed call center workers had no ability to choose a program, lock a mortgage rate, process underwriting findings or present loan terms to borrowers.

The MBS from Reverse Mortgage Funding will be the first post-crisis deal backed by newly-originated proprietary reverse mortgages.

JMP Securities has a “market perform” rating on Impac Mortgage, the publicly traded nonbank that’s trying to carve out a space for itself in the non-QM sector but can’t resist the temptation of reaching for GSE refis...

Prior to joining Flagstar, Neufeld spent more than five years as SVP and treasurer of Mr. Cooper, where he managed the nonbank’s warehouse lines and was responsible for oversight of all treasury functions…

In recent years, mortgages funded by Quicken have been included in prime non-agency MBS issued by others, but this is the first deal backed solely by loans originated by Quicken and serviced by the firm.