In a remarkable political balancing act during his confirmation hearing Thursday morning, Mark Calabria, President Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told Senate Banking Committee members they need not worry about his history of controversial and inflammatory remarks on FHFA and the government-sponsored enterprises.

You could almost hear the whoops coming from shareholders around the country...

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-ID, chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, stirred the housing-finance reform pot last week, releasing a plan to bring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship.

In a bid to expand its access to rental housing credit, Redwood Trust last week announced plans to partner on a deal to acquire up to $1 billion in whole loans from Freddie Mac.

A new outline on housing-finance reform from Sen. Mike Crapo, R-ID, hands over management of the conventional mortgage market to Ginnie Mae, begging the question: Is Ginnie up to the task?

Treasury’s GSE plan is being shaped by Senior Treasury Counselor Craig Phillips, who cut his teeth on Wall Street as an MBS trader…

One contemporary of Phillips, who claims to have knowledge of what he’s working on, said the plan is “very well scripted” at this point...

A mortgage slowdown? Not everywhere: Quicken Loans says it has more than 700 job openings…

Under the Crapo plan, the multifamily business of Fannie and Freddie would be sold to the highest bidder...

Mark Calabria, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, may be looking at a prolonged confirmation process in the Senate, according to industry observers.