GSEs

With U.S. mortgage rates near their lowest level since April and showing signs of falling further, some lenders are preparing for another refinancing wave, an unexpected development after the Federal Reserve began hiking short-term interest rates in December.

Genworth Mortgage Insurance Corp. plans to change its pricing structure for borrower-paid policies.

The former Freddie Mac chief executive who joined the board of PHH Corp. during a 2009 proxy fight will resign as a director later this year.

Consumers were feeling moderately confident about the housing market in February, Fannie Mae said.

Contrary to claims of anticompetitive practices, manufactured housing industry leaders want to increase the number of lenders offering financing.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquency rates dropped in the fourth quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages rose slightly on a weekly basis, as the market waits on the Fed to resume its interest rate hikes, according to Freddie Mac.

Freddie Mac has released a new Web tool aimed at servicers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should provide independent mortgage lenders with clear guidance on how to comply with rules and confirm that good-faith compliance with the bureau's directives will not result in enforcement actions and financial penalties

Freddie Mac has expanded the amount of ongoing loan-level data it discloses about mortgages it insures in an effort to boost appetite for reinsurance.

The market for U.S. mortgage securities without government backing, virtually frozen since the financial crisis that it helped trigger, may get a boost from some of the biggest bond funds on Wall Street.

Ocwen Financial Corp. and Walter Investment Management Corp. both recorded full-year losses in 2015, though that is where comparisons between the two companies cease.

Radian Guaranty is filing a new rate structure, lowering its premiums for higher-quality borrowers and raising them for those with lower credit scores.

Redwood Trust is "repositioning" its mortgage business by focusing mainly on jumbo loans, according to its top executives.

Fannie Mae touted its financial support to the small multifamily loan market last year, saying it provided $1.6 billion in financing to the sector.

Understanding how consumers pay their debts over time is expected to widen access to credit for consumers recovering from financial problems or who were hard to score before. Just how many it will benefit is an open debate.

Interest rates on fixed-rate mortgages fell this week, according to Freddie Mac, after a small rally in the previous two weeks.

Fannie Mae has sold a pool of about $13.2 million of nonperforming loans to New Jersey Community Capital.

Home prices rose 5.8% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as buyers competed for a tight supply of listings.

An increased level of home-purchase mortgage applications led to continued improvement in the U.S. housing market in December, according to Freddie Mac.