JMP Securities has a “market perform” rating on Impac Mortgage, the publicly traded nonbank that’s trying to carve out a space for itself in the non-QM sector but can’t resist the temptation of reaching for GSE refis...

In their petition for a writ of certiorari, the shareholders said the Fifth Circuit afforded them no relief from their injuries and the “petitioners are thus not ‘prevailing parties’ in any meaningful sense.”

Former Freddie CEO Don Layton took issue with the plan’s basic premise that if the footprint of the GSEs shrinks, private capital will move in to take up the slack...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a political issue in the 2020 election? Not by a long shot...

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods: "We continue to believe that GSE recapitalization is unlikely to be completed within the current presidential term.”

The FHFA announcement comes as financial institutions and regulators struggle to identify a suitable replacement index for LIBOR. 

The hike in the retained earnings threshold was widely anticipated and the news hardly budged the share price of Fannie/Freddie common.

The Senate panel believes such a study is crucial before Ginnie develops a plan to fill gaps in hiring and retention.

Neither Simone Grimes nor FHFA released the details of the settlement. Mel Watt, whose term as director ended in January, has not commented.

One of the biggest speculative bets ever made in mortgage stocks is going on right now: Fannie and Freddie...