For the first half, the top five HECM lenders were American Advisors Group, One Reverse Mortgage, Synergy One, Reverse Mortgage Funding, and Fairway Independent Mortgage…

Redwood suggested changing the flat 5% risk-retention requirement on MBS with non-QMs to a standard based on the asset-level of loans in a deal.

The share price of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common had been in the tank all summer but last week spiked upwards on the news that the Treasury Department plan to recap-and-release the two is now (reportedly) on the desk of Larry Kudlow...

One GSE-related question that hasn’t been answered yet: If a recap and release plan becomes a reality, will Congress end the $600,000 pay cap on GSE CEO compensation? 

In the second quarter, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase increased their MBS holdings by $12.34 billion and $22.39 billion, respectively.

From fiscal 2010-2016, FHA sold roughly 111,000 troubled loans to private investors, including nonprofits, through DASP. In addition, GAO found that FHA did not routinely assess outcomes…

At Fannie Mae, former FDIC chief Sheila Bair will serve on three board committees: compensation, nominating and corporate governance.

The change is part of the agency’s continuing focus on risk management as its book of business continues its historic shift toward nonbank mortgage servicers that have come to dominate its $2.0 trillion-plus portfolio.

New Residential's stock buyback program is for common shares only and will expire at year-end 2020. In 2019, New Rez has sold additional shares of both common and preferred...

Lenders pooled $44.70 billion of single-family forward mortgages into Ginnie MBS last month. It was the highest monthly total since July 2015…