Retail originations typically had stronger credit profiles than correspondent or wholesale-broker production...

“In July and August, we’ve seen crazy volumes,” one warehouse manager told Inside Mortgage Finance…

Even though the preferred stock purchase agreement between the GSEs and the Treasury Department limits Fannie’s and Freddie’s capital reserves to $3 billion each, FHFA still requires the enterprises to undergo the stress test evaluation each year…

A decline in interest rates typically helps increase mortgage originations, but this time is different, according to Fitch.

One GSE-related question that hasn’t been answered yet: If a recap and release plan becomes a reality, will Congress end the $600,000 pay cap on GSE CEO compensation? 

In the second quarter, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase increased their MBS holdings by $12.34 billion and $22.39 billion, respectively.

Quicken was the market leader in retail lending with UWM taking top honors (by far) in the wholesale category. Wells Fargo was the top correspondent buyer in 2Q19…

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

Lenders pooled $44.70 billion of single-family forward mortgages into Ginnie MBS last month. It was the highest monthly total since July 2015…