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A new report from Fannie Mae suggests the millennial generation is getting a move on.

Genworth Financial Inc. has named Kevin Schneider, currently executive vice president of global mortgage insurance, as its chief operating officer.

The agency released a plan Tuesday that would provide incentives for owners of manufactured housing communities to reform their practices if they want to tap financing by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate improved from October to November, according to Fitch Ratings.

Total commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased in the third quarter, in a quarterly comparison, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Fannie Mae is offering yet another carrot to lenders that have lobbied extensively for relief from loan repurchases.

In their search for ways to shift the credit risk of mortgages from taxpayers to capital markets, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be overlooking important players: the lenders that make these loans in the first place.

Most investors in a JPMorgan survey said they want to ditch the pricing benchmark now used for a variety of asset-backed bonds — the swaps curve — and go back to Treasuries. But it's not so easy.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency unveiled a new proposal Tuesday that would detail how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should serve three underserved markets: manufactured housing, affordable housing preservation and rural markets.

As the mortgage industry heads into the New Year, National Mortgage News is taking a look at the biggest trends and topics that will shape 2016.