In a survey of its members last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association found that the percentage of loans in forbearance rose from just 0.25% on March 2 to 2.66% by April 1, nearly a tenfold increase.

The Real Estate Roundtable urged regulators to suspend mark-to-market rules as the industry fights off the economic impact of the coronavirus.

Former Freddie Mae CEO Don Layton suggests short- and long-term solutions for the liquidity problems faced by nonbank mortgage servicers.

Milbank has won a one-year, $3 million contract from the FHFA to provide legal services related to ending the conservatorships.

Freddie Mac priced two K-deals, which include separate floating-rate tranches linked to LIBOR and SOFR.

In this context, mark-to-market rules lead to margin calls and repo-related foreclosures...

The coronavirus crisis appears to have already sent the U.S. economy into a technical recession, according to economists at Fannie Mae.

With markets reeling from the impact of the coronavirus, trade groups have called for the suspension of the mark-to-market accounting rule.

Nonbank liquidity remained a contentious issue this week with the FHFA shutting the Fannie/Freddie assistance window as the coronavirus continued to hammer the U.S. economy. Solutions? Maybe the Fed.

The support mortgage servicers receive during the coronavirus crisis may be used as a cudgel to enforce key changes.