If Cato's Mark Calabria becomes FHA chief, private MI firms could benefit…

In case you’re not keeping tally, there are roughly 387 calendar days remaining before the “capital buffer” at Fannie and Freddie falls to zero on Jan. 1, 2018.

Then there’s the case of Bill Dallas, the industry veteran who runs Skyline Home Loans in Calabasas, CA. “Winter is coming,” he said in a brief email exchange with Inside Mortgage Finance.

Have any of the GSE stock speculators that bought on the cheap cashed out of their gains?

Refi specialists could be in for a word of hurt...

Given the fact that rates have moved noticeably higher since the election, it’s widely anticipated that more originators will move to trim staff before yearend if they haven’t already.

Schneider has until midnight Dec. 9 to accept the severance offer from Walter Investment Management Corp., the nation’s eighth largest residential servicer.

The bulk servicing market has been quiet lately. But all that could change soon...

We know one mortgage official who bought “a bunch” of Fannie Mae shares at $1.38...

Cowen adds the nomination “also leaves the door open to FHA premium cuts, though the real driver of that will be the pick of an FHA commissioner.”