The core share of GSE activity increased to 81.2% in the first quarter, up from 79.4% in the previous quarter.

Freddie Mac improves income verification options for self-employed borrowers.

Higher home prices allowed the enterprise to shift from a $395 million provision for credit losses in the first quarter to a $537 million benefit in the second.

The mortgage giant saw a $132 million first-quarter provision for losses shift to a $1.22 billion benefit in the second.

The total delinquency rate on agency MBS hit 2.60% at the end of June.

The 25 largest GSE servicers handled 73.7% of the servicing volume as of the end of June, up from a 72.9% share at the end of March.

Plaintiffs in Berkley Insurance v. FHFA want to include comments and congressional testimony from former FHFA Directors Mel Watt and Mark Calabria.

The feature was first rolled out in May...

Ginnie Mae's single-family outstanding was up 2.2% in the second quarter while the GSEs posted a 0.3% increase in servicing compared with the end of March..

Ted Tozer, Urban Institute non-resident fellow, argues that policymakers should update the FHA Modernization Act so lenders are no longer banned from providing downpayment assistance to FHA borrowers.