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The Federal Housing Finance Agency has agreed to more regular checks on the government-sponsored enterprises' flood compliance, which impacts mortgage companies.

Trended credit data that the industry's increasingly required to use could help mortgage firms better forecast delinquencies and prepayments, a new study finds.

More "Airbnb-style" rental property loans are making their way into non-qualified mortgage securitizations and could they be acting differently from the traditional non-owner occupied loans, a Standard & Poor's report asks.

A former housing regulator confirmed that he anticipates a release from conservatorship would occur if Trump's elected, adding to other signs a plan is brewing.

A combination of buy and sell-side issues led Mr. Cooper to slow down its mortgage servicing rights activity but executives may have a different view next year.

The government agency's new issuances in August totaled over $40 billion, marking a high not seen since late 2022.

The successor to Michael Hutchins, who filled the role on an interim basis, guided a well-known bank's real estate business through the financial crisis.

Ginnie Mae had tried to slow the pace of Texas Capital Bank's case and move it to a different court but the judge rejected its legal arguments for doing so.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development affiliate is adding data elements in line with a larger industry goal and advancing other promised initiatives.

Doug Duncan joined Fannie Mae in 2008 after holding the chief economist position at the Mortgage Bankers Association for almost 16 years.