Michelle Bowman has expressed industry-friendly views on various regulatory issues.

Pulte said that any exit by the GSEs from conservatorship “must be carefully planned to ensure the safety and soundness of the housing market without putting upward pressures on mortgage rates.”

The freeze was extended to allow a U.S. district court judge to rule on a legal challenge to planned layoffs at the CFPB.

“We continue to see nearly zero [non-QM] loans hit the liquidation stage,” dv01 said.

“The government’s being run by great people, they’re going to do great things going forward,” said Mat Ishbia, chairman and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is eager to see McKernan and Pulte confirmed.

Anthony Hsieh, chairman, founder and controlling shareholder of loanDepot, is returning to senior leadership as executive chairman of mortgage originations at the nonbank.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, said responses to her questions from both Jonathan McKernan, nominee to lead the CFPB, and Bill Pulte, nominee to lead the FHFA, were disqualifying.

A decline in interest rates helped to increase demand for refis and purchase mortgages last week.

So far, there's been no snafus on the approval of Ginnie Mae servicing sales.