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No matter what form government-sponsored enterprise reform takes, Federal Housing Finance Agency officials are stressing that it should account for the fact that the GSEs' capital buffer will soon hit zero.

Mortgage Bankers Association President David Stevens is confident that housing finance reform will move forward under the Trump administration, but criticized calls to simply let the government-sponsored enterprises recapitalize and be returned to shareholders without additional reforms.

Bayview Asset Management is marketing another $183 million of bonds backed by reperforming mortgages acquired last year from CitiFinancial Credit Co.

The Louisiana company also said that credit quality in its energy portfolio improved during the first quarter.

CoreLogic's first-quarter net income was down 54% from the prior year as lower mortgage origination volume reduced the need for some of its services.

The onslaught of regulatory actions against Ocwen may open the door for Nationstar to pick up a massive subservicing portfolio from the beleaguered servicer.

Radian Group earned $76.5 million for the first quarter, up 16% from $66.2 million one year prior, helped by a 25% year-over-year rise in new insurance written.

Arch Capital Group's 62% first-quarter earnings improvement was driven by its acquisition of United Guaranty Corp.

Jesse Litvak was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $2 million after he was convicted a second time for lying about mortgage-backed securities prices.

Growth in commercial real estate loans is a big reason the New Jersey bank had a strong quarter.