HomeStreet was faulted for paying mortgage referrals to real estate brokers and homebuilders...

Consultant Brian Chappelle credits FHA for taking action earlier in the year to stop risk layering on borrowers with lower credit scores.

If Fannie and Freddie are in fact released from conservatorship will they quickly rebuild their lobbying shops?

“Acting” is a title worn by many political appointees in the current administration…

In case you haven’t noticed, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was at 1.86% as IMFnews went to press compared to 1.46% in early September. That’s a difference of 40 basis points…

HUD’s addendum to the Uniform Residential Loan Application form is being revised to reflect regulations, ensure accuracy of borrower information, reduce lender uncertainty and maintain FHA’s ability to enforce program requirements.

Freddie CEO David Brickman: “The ability to absorb that risk is largely a function of how much capital you’ve got, and we have very little.”

The FHFA declined to single out which GSE it was talking about...

A kinder, gentler CFPB? Looks that way. The agency now typically addresses fair lending violations through the supervisory process by issuing firms letters, such as “matters requiring attention” or “supervisory recommendations,” rather than escalating them to enforcement actions.

It might be easier to sell stock in a reconstituted Fannie and Freddie after the old companies are wiped out through receivership and “new” entities are created. FHFA has the power to sell the charters but not the legal authority to issue new charters.