A few weeks back, Ginnie issued a request for information on a proposal that would tack on a capital requirement of an additional 25-basis points of an applicant’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac obligations.

Trouble ahead or a blip on the radar screen? Either way, Treasury rates are drifting lower.

Priority Financial still wants a Ginnie eagle and believes it has the financial wherewithal to make grade. “We want to resubmit, but we’ve had no communication from them,” said CEO Mark Shenkman.

Will Fannie and Freddie ride Ginnie's coattails and usher in higher capital standards as well?

Compared to a year ago, the GSE single-family servicing market grew a whopping 17.7%.

It’s no secret that nonbanks have been gaining market share at the expense of the depository goliaths over the past five years...

As anticipated, Wells suffered from stiffer competition on the home front and saw its gain-on-sale margins get clipped. However, mortgage sales revenue was bolstered by Ginnie Mae buyout activity...

On a sequential basis, home lending revenue came in at $1.35 billion, a 7.4% decline from the first quarter.

Ginnie has been working on the change in requirements for well over a year...

“You can cut people in five minutes but if you need to rehire them, you’re going to have a tough time getting them back,” said industry consultant Paul Hindman.