Despite the sequential jump in buybacks, the fourth quarter total was the second-lowest repurchase amount disclosed by the two...

The biggest component in the aggregate portfolio was consumer ABS, which includes student loans, securitized leases and consumer debt other than credit cards, home-equity loans and auto finance...

The catch was that the so-called GSE "patch" would only last as long as Fannie and Freddie remained in conservatorship...

The last time the jumbo market share was higher came in 2000 – when the Fannie/Freddie loan limit was just $252,700...

Even without the bump in seasoned loans (courtesy of BofA), Freddie’s MBS activity was up significantly from January.

Treasury counselor Michael Stegman wants the common securitization platform project to be opened to the private sector.

Quicken Loans was the second largest refi lender in 2014 with $47.91 billion, according to exclusive figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.

Bank of America was among the few major depositories that reported a loss in mortgage-banking income, losing $253 million in the fourth quarter.

For all of 2014, this group of banks and nonbanks earned $14.01 billion off of mortgages, a 39.6 percent drop from the year before.

At Dec. 31, depositories held $964.2 billion of pass-through securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae, a gain of 1.3 percent from the third quarter.