Keep in mind: A handful of senior officials who worked in the bureau’s supervision and enforcement division quit this year, including Assistant Director Christopher D’Angelo and Enforcement Director Kristen Donoghue...

The Trump White House is apparently worried about how GSE reform might screw up the mortgage market, especially around election time. Go figure...

The for-cause provision has been front and center in a case currently before the Fifth Circuit...

Meanwhile, whatever happened to all that chatter about Amazon.com buying loanDepot?

As of January 2019, Fannie employed 7,400 people compared with 7,200 a year earlier, according to 10-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There was no mention of the word “buyout” or “buyouts” in the SEC filing.

The privately held Stearns originated $4.5 billion of home mortgages during the second quarter, a 45% sequential gain…

We understand from informed sources that paying off Fannie/Freddie shareholders (the ones suing Uncle Sam) is calculation that certain federal officials have entertained.

Despite the so-so reading from the government, nonbank mortgage giants the likes of loanDepot and United Wholesale Mortgage continue to hire in large numbers.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria on Bob Ryan: “Bob’s advice and counsel during my transition have been invaluable. I greatly appreciate his service at FHFA during the past five years and his role in helping ensure liquidity and funding for the nation’s housing finance system...”

Executives at PCMA have resumes that include stints at Secured Funding Corp., New Century Financial, Countrywide Home Loans, and Ameriquest Financial…