“We’re partnering with external firms to understand and anticipate their needs,” said Freddie Mac official Kevin Palmer…

First-time buyers continue to fight the challenges of rising house prices, higher interest rates and depleted inventory…

During the first quarter, the average credit score at Fannie Mae was 741.15, slightly below the average 744.73 at Freddie Mac.

However, Freddie still has some catching up to do to reach the 40.2 percent GSE share it had last year.

And there is significant price tiering in the market…

The biggest factor in the small uptick was the significant growth in the two largest ABS portfolios in the industry...

A senior FHFA official said disputes over private mortgage-insurance pricing likely fall under the jurisdiction of state insurance regulators.

The correspondent channel accounted for 32.9 percent of total first-lien originations, up from a 32.4 percent share the previous quarter.

Respondents to the Mortgage Bankers Association's quarterly mortgage banking performance survey reported, in aggregate, a negative margin in the “mid to high single digits” for the first quarter.

Most of the decline in FHA business was in purchase-mortgage lending while VA business took a hit due to reductions in the Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan program.