The big question: Will the White House and Congress visit the guarantee fee trough once again to pay for it? 

New Residential's stock buyback program is for common shares only and will expire at year-end 2020. In 2019, New Rez has sold additional shares of both common and preferred...

The end of LIBOR presents a number of logistical challenges for trustees of vintage non-agency MBS.

Meanwhile, lenders are swamped these days with new business but are they prepared (staffing wise) to handle the volume?

PIMCO owns at least one mortgage company, First Guaranty Mortgage Corp., in Tysons Corner, VA. Earlier this year, FGMC launched a non-QM brand called Maverick…

Ocwen’s Liberty Home Equity Solutions recently launched a non-agency reverse mortgage product. The EquityIQ loan allows borrowers to access up to $4 million in up-front cash...

The suit was filed by Rodney Harrell, a Virginia homeowner, who obtained a residential mortgage from NYCB Mortgage. The right to service Harrell’s loan was transferred to Freedom, which in June 2017 bought some of NYCB’s MSR portfolio.

Meanwhile, KBW said it’s maintaining forward earnings estimates and $1 a share price target for both mortgage giants. Its overall rating is “underperform.”

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting: “CRA mortgage lending should be to LMI people.”

In addition, the new rules would establish an allowable range for commercial space between 25% and 60%, which would make it less cumbersome for mixed-use communities to obtain FHA approval.