The Mortgage Bankers Association argues that higher income thresholds would allow more minority borrowers access to low-downpayment mortgages like HomeReady and Home Possible.

The expanded definition will broaden the pool of parties that can provide funds or equity as part of a Freddie-backed mortgage transaction.

The mortgage giant will leverage consumer-permission bank-statement data to underwrite loans for borrowers with no FICO score.

There are new faces in the C suite at Fannie Mae and U.S. Mortgage Insurers. And some Freddie Mac veterans got promotions this week.

Investors tendered only 73% of the CAS notes Fannie was willing to buy back.

The Federal Open Market Committee left unchanged its plans to reduce the Federal Reserve’s holdings of agency MBS.

The tide may be turning for MBS-gobbling real estate investment trusts. If you’re an investor looking for a buy-low, sell-high trade, this may be it. That is, as long as rates don’t reverse course and head higher. Meanwhile, it’s almost a year since SoFi became an FDIC-insured bank.

Plaza is offering two options, both of them seller-paid...

The new regulation focuses on percentages rather than absolute numbers.

Sellers and homebuilders are increasingly reaching for an old mortgage tool to make their homes more attractive to potential buyers.