GSEs

Freddie Mac is auctioning off $135 million in nonperforming residential whole loans.

A subsidiary of Goldman Sachs was the winner for all four pools in Fannie Mae's latest nonperforming loan sale.

The government-sponsored enterprises' risk-sharing deals are being hailed as an innovative approach for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to offload credit exposure to private markets. But their growing popularity is raising questions about how these transactions should be reported in financial statements.

Following disappointing April employment data, mortgage rates are at their lowest point of the year, according to Freddie Mac.

Redwood Trust is broadening what kinds of prime jumbo mortgages it will accept and its appetite for non-qualified mortgages.

Mortgage banks were more likely than other lenders to see a competitive advantage from the implementation of the TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure rules, according to a survey from Fannie Mae.

First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. in Tysons Corner, Va., has purchased consumer-direct lender goodmortgage.com.

After the Home Affordable Modification Program ends, servicers will employ myriad proprietary workout options to meet ongoing compliance requirements. But will more discretion in loss mitigation practices create consumer and investor confusion?

The Consumer Mortgage Coalition is arguing that the bill has serious flaws by allowing private insurers to undercut pricing on federal flood insurance policies by offering high deductibles and exclusions to homeowners with mortgages guaranteed by the government-sponsored enterprises.

Consumer confidence in the housing market rebounded in April from an 18-month low the month prior, Fannie Mae reported Monday.