The regulator continues its hiring spree, plundering liberally from other departments. We hear Craig Phillips, Treasury’s point man on housing-finance reform, is available.

The GSE has tweaked an existing security offering to make it more efficient for low-income housing tax credit lenders.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria has vowed not to monkey with the 30-year FRM or lower loan limits in high-cost states like California. Still, certain stakeholders worry he may try to adjust other areas of businesses.

The National Association of Realtors this week picked apart FHFA's plan to recapitalize the GSEs and release them from conservatorship. NAR, by the way, favors a model where the GSEs are morphed into shareholder-owned utilities.

Calabria said it's not his job to choose the business model of the GSEs...

The way FHFA Director Mark Calabria keeps adding staff, the agency might need more office space...

Reverse lender Live Well Financial of Virginia closed its doors last week, laying off roughly 100 full-timers...

The single-family mortgage business gets all the press, but there are some intriguing differences on how the two report their multifamily results.