Analysts at FBR Capital Markets said the revised Financial Choice Act has “little chance of passage” in the Senate.

The bulk of the contributions for the MBS were aggregated by Invictus’ Verus Mortgage Capital affiliate. Servicing will be handled by Specialized Loan Servicing.

A recall of the defect taxonomy would be a blow to lenders…

Quicken Loans ranked third in terms of contributions to prime non-agency MBS…

HUD officials said the agency has been focused on establishing an infrastructure to improve its cost estimating practices.

The DTAs are available to the GSEs as future deductions against taxable income. A reduction in the corporate tax rate would reduce existing DTAs for not just Fannie and Freddie but for other U.S. businesses as well.

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The assessment matches the rating service’s “grade” on Caliber Home Loans, which issued the first AAA-rated nonprime MBS backed by new originations.

Among four depositories that publicly disclose their jumbo originations, First Republic Bank and Flagstar Bancorp posted increases…

In July, publicly traded REIT Two Harbors Investment Corp. announced it was discontinuing its mortgage conduit and securitization operations.