Finance

Second liens have landed in the spotlight thanks to a recent Freddie Mac proposal, as well of record amounts of tappable home equity.

The Federal Reserve held firm on its current interest rate levels after its latest meeting, but inflation numbers are leading to talk of potential action in third and fourth quarters.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sued 15 lenders on loans brokered through Washington Mutual that were included in securitizations before the bank's 2008 failure.

Rate locks have increased every month this year, but May's pace came in more subdued than early-year numbers, according to Mortgage Capital Trading.

In the first quarter of the fiscal year, many mortgage-related companies posted profits after a year-end that didn't exceed expectations. Here's how major publicly traded players in the industry performed in the first quarter.

The lender and servicer, coming off multiple consecutive quarters of net losses, has to pay significantly higher interest rates for an additional two year term for this debt.

Ginnie Mae just approved some flexibilities for extended term MBS. Here's what else is on its roadmap, according to Sam Valverde, the agency's acting president.

Certain borrowers cut off from help due to the market's elevated equity levels and rates may fare better under coming changes made at the direction of the FHFA.

If approved by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the program will not lead to large amounts of home equity being extracted, nor is it mission creep, wrote Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Bose George.

Despite a recent warning about an uptick in prepays, FHA seems to be leaning in the direction of adopting changes that will increase them, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.