Meanwhile, over at Fannie Mae, repurchases fell 19.7% to just $12.7 million.

Sens. Warner and Rounds both serve on the Senate Banking Committee. Virginia, Warner's legislative turf, is home to Freddie Mac.

In a 12-page fact sheet on the announcement, the regulator notes the final rule is “similar in key respects to the proposed rule, with certain enhancements and other changes made in response to comments.”

The estimated $822 billion of conventional-conforming lending set a quarterly record and represented 72.1% of the huge third-quarter wave of mortgage originations.

George Mangiaracina: “Without getting into specifics ... margins are 50% better in GSE than they are non-QM.”

No press release on Freddie's website regarding Brickman's resignation. Why?

Year-to-date production, $1.852 trillion as of Halloween, was up 131.5% from last year. It’s a foregone conclusion that Fannie and Freddie this month will top the current $1.912 trillion annual record for GSE MBS issuance set back in 2003.

For its part, Fannie has stayed away from new CRT issuance other than some reinsurance transactions...