Fannie and Freddie securitized $66.89 billion of single-family loans with private MI coverage during the fourth quarter…

The flow of conventional mortgages with private mortgage insurance coverage into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities fell sharply in the fourth quarter – tracking a broader slump in purchase-mortgage business. [Includes three data charts.]

With Michael Bright's departure, GSE "recap and release" just got hurt...

Joseph Otting, the comptroller of the currency, added the title of the Federal Housing Finance Agency acting director to his brief this week, effectively bringing the Mel Watt era at the agency to an end.

Four years ago, Leslie Peeler, the Fannie Mae senior vice president in charge of the GSE’s servicing decisions, left the mortgage giant for Seterus.

Overwhelmingly, industry analysts expect Mark Calabria to shake things up at the Federal Housing Finance Agency – that is, once he’s approved by the full Senate.

Roughly 45 percent of respondents said they definitely will enter the the Non-QM market this year.

After having initially been brushed off as unnecessary, a pilot program that allowed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to help finance single-family rental activity is now being hailed a success.

Market sources said Seterus struggled to find new servicing clients to replace its dwindling contracts with Fannie Mae.

The biggest reason for the slump: the decline in single-family MBS production by Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie…