There’s still no word from the White House on when it will nominate industry executive David Kittle to be the next president of Ginnie Mae...

CIT Group will take a charge of up to $50 million on the sale of Financial Freedom...

The agency single-family MBS market continued cranking along during the third quarter of 2017, but other sectors in structured finance saw weakening issuance, according to an exclusive new analysis and ranking by Inside MBS & ABS. Some $407.55 billion of MBS and ABS – excluding collateralized debt obligations and agency credit-risk transfer deals – were issued during the third quarter. That was off 4.9 percent from the previous three-month period and it ... [Includes three data charts]

Roughly 9.8 percent of Ginnie Mae’s outstanding MBS portfolio may be potentially at risk due to hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, according to data released recently by the agency. The tally represents the number of Ginnie loans and their unpaid principal balance amounts in the presidentially declared disaster areas in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A total of 1.066 million mortgages with a UPB of $184.5 billion have been affected. Ginnie’s current MBS portfolio totals $1.9 trillion

The GSEs and Ginnie Mae remain the dominant forces in the MBS/ABS market. Their combined single-family issuance hit $346.98 billion in 3Q17…

Still, the deal world grinds forward. “Ten days ago, sales were dead, but interest is picking up again,” said Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group…

In the interim, mortgage servicers must continue to pass on the principal and interest payments to the end bondholders.

The Mortgage Bankers Association called on the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Inspector General to help Ginnie Mae strengthen its oversight of nonbanks instead of focusing on “business models and market share.” In a statement following the IG’s release of a report criticizing Ginnie’s supervision of nonbank issuers, the MBA criticized the report for mischaracterizing the role of, and the risks posed by, these companies. Independent mortgage bankers have been...[Includes one data table]

CBO suggests seven options to reduce risk in FHA coverage, including insuring less of the loan amount...

For several months now we’ve been hearing reports that the Trump administration has grave concerns about the FHA program...