Liquidity means access to cash – and is a chief concern of Ginnie Mae acting president Michael Bright as well…

Clinton Jones has worked for the HFSC since February 2013. From 2007 to 2008 he was a registered lobbyist for Fannie Mae.

As one veteran industry lobbyist explained with a hint of ire: “You’re telling me that a bunch of lame duck Congressmen who lost an election are going to show up on the Friday before Christmas?”

She brought a certain depth of knowledge to the table for her boss, Ben Carson, a career brain surgeon with little in the way of housing and mortgage experience.

Kraninger said she will make a “near-term” decision on changing the agency’s name…

The panel Mozilo spoke on was billed: “Join two titans of the industry as they discuss the past, present and future of the mortgage industry.”

The Senate late last week narrowly confirmed Kathy Kraninger as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In her first public remarks, the new director set a more moderate tone for the watchdog agency than recently departed acting Director Mick Mulvaney did during his tenure.

Marshall has a long resume in financial services, including stays at Bank of America, The Blackstone Group and other shops…

The White House this week finally made up its mind on a new regulator for the government-sponsored enterprises, picking conservative economist Mark Calabria to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Now comes the hard part: Getting the Senate to hold confirmation hearings and actually approve him.

Federal Financial Analytics calculates the trigger will be pulled by mid-2019.