Daily Dose

A rough 2015 for non-bank mortgage servicers has spilled over into 2016.

Freddie Mac did not need to take a draw on Treasury after all despite all the speculation in the last week about the Enterprise's declining capital buffer. But Freddie Mac's financial report for Q1 did not contain all good news.

Why does the billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway believe that there will not be another housing market crash?

What areas out of a class of 24 single-family rental securitizations performed well in March?

Between attempts made by lawmakers to reform the Bureau to the PHH trial, the CFPB is probably glad to see April in the rear view mirror.

The proposal is prescribed by section 956 of Dodd-Frank. What impositions would the proposal place on certain financial institutions?

Both GSEs are required to reduce the volume of their mortgage portfolios, and both are required to have a zero capital buffer by January 1, 2018. To some, that is an extremely bad combination for taxpayers while the FHFA's conservatorship of the GSEs continues.

Where is the largest concentration of the nation's loans in foreclosure?

The industry has been buzzing about the GSEs' lack of capital ever since FHFA Mel Watt identified it as a risk that is likely to escalate as long as the GSEs remain in conservatorship. What will the Q1 earnings reports for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bring?

Lawmakers’ efforts to chip away at the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act have come almost exclusively from the Republican side of the aisle—until now.