Although Rep. Hensarling rebuffed Cordray, the CFPB chief delivered the agency’s semi-annual report to the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday morning.

Obtaining approvals to become a GSE seller/servicer can cost you, but think of the money you can make from owning servicing rights.

Just how healthy is the residential mortgage business these days? Answer: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are swamped with seller/servicer applications.

The Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency says the agency needs more examiners to keep an eye on the GSEs.

CEO candidates are being approached by the Federal Housing Finance Agency to run the new single-GSE MBS platform.

Four non-management directors at Nationstar Mortgage earned almost $1.5 million last year. Meanwhile, it appears Flagstar is selling some of its MSRs.

It appears that well known economist Mark Zandi is indeed a candidate to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. But will the White House actually nominate him?

Now that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are earning a ton of money, who will have a say over what happens to that cash?

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase continue to post strong residential finance profits, but there is a growing worry that the "mortgage party" may be drawing to a close.

Freddie Mac has a new head of single-family: David Lowman, an industry veteran who in the past headed mortgage operations at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.