In a time of crisis should Fannie and Freddie be allowed to hold more MBS? Hike the GSE loan limit too?

The maneuvers have raised questions about the CFPB’s ongoing rulemaking, supervision and enforcement activities…

Consultant Paul Hindman, who heads Grid Financial, said he knows of one lender who recently sent 1,000 workers home “with new equipment.” He did not identify the shop by name.

Freedom Mortgage said it has mobilized its work-from-home protocols and “dramatically reduced our work-from-office personnel.”

Most state laws require loan originators to conduct mortgage activities at a licensed location...

Mortgage loan officers should take one last look at their loved ones because if the 30-year fixed-rate vanilla mortgage falls below 3.0% they’ll be living at the office as new customers pour through the door (or Internet) like a zombie apocalypse…

Wells Fargo: “Like everyone, we are seeing an increase in mortgage application volume driven by lower rates. In order to help provide the best possible service to our customers, we continue to hire underwriters, processors and closers..."

For nearly all of President Trump’s term, Ginnie Mae has been operating without a president, carrying on its daily business with surrogates.

Johnson joined the bureau in December 2017 as one of the top political appointees under then-acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney.