President Trump this week nominated a little-known White House budget official to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, effectively allowing Mick Mulvaney to stay as the agency’s acting director, possibly until 2020.

When it comes to counter-party risk, Ginnie Mae isn't messing around...

All of the loans in the new JPM deal were originated by First Republic Bank, with seasoning of seven years...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "Now Donald Trump wants her to run the CFPB. I will put a hold on her nomination – and fight it at every step – until she turns over all documents..."

Cowen: “We see the nomination of Kathy Kraninger as a way to keep OMB Director Mick Mulvaney in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for years to come..."

Rep. Jeb Hensarling: "I’m confident that, under Kathy’s leadership, gone are the days of wasting more than $240 million of taxpayer money to renovate a building it doesn’t even own and paying staff to perform research that has nothing to do with the Bureau’s mission..."

It’s official: The Treasury Department’s goal is to reduce the footprint of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Who says so? Treasury counselor Craig Phillips...

Last October, HomeStreet cut 60 employees. In May, it put out for bid $5 billion of mortgage servicing rights….

Aggressive nonbank lenders are willing to offer 100 to 200 basis points per loan…

Do federal deficits even matter anymore? Jeff Gundlach thinks so...