In January, the FHFA and Treasury limited the GSEs’ purchases of mortgages for investment properties and second homes to 7% of single-family acquisitions. Implementation of the cap is hitting lenders.

Freddie Mac turned in slightly lower earnings on a sequential basis as higher credit expenses dinged its bottom line. Next up: Fannie Mae.

Okay, industry consolidation is arriving. But what about prices? Also, more refis could be on the way, courtesy of the GSEs.

A number of groups representing lenders and consumer advocates said the CFPB should abandon an effort to extend the QM patch beyond July 1. The regulator also faces hurdles involving the GSEs and federal rulemaking requirements.

At a Senate committee hearing this week, consumer advocates called for stronger enforcement, industry representatives picked on the CFPB and Republicans and Democrats pushed different priorities.

Plush with record earnings, loanDepot is building an inhouse servicing system, which means its current vendor, eventually, will lose business. Meanwhile, is GSE reform a possibility once again?

The proposed rule would require the GSEs to write living wills that include no government support. However, their PSPA with Treasury includes letters of credit with an outstanding balance of $254 billion.

When the FHFA appointed two new independent directors to the CSS board in January, it changed the balance of power in its favor.

Trade groups representing appraisers said the proposed automated valuations are really just rebranded desktop appraisals, not too dissimilar to the ones that helped crash the housing market in 2008.

The powerful consumer regulator said extending the compliance date of the general QM final rule will give lenders more time to use the GSE “patch.”