Springleaf has “adequate liquidity” to survive over the next 12 months, and is seeing smaller losses on its business

The Federal Housing Finance Agency Friday morning directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase their loan guarantee fees.

The Federal Housing Finance Authority's announcement increasing GSE g-fees by 10 basis points is positive for 30-year MBS, analysts said.

The Real Estate Finance Group's addition of three commercial real estate lenders expands its client service and coverage nationwide for commercial real estate.

Servicing balances totaled $9.19 trillion at June 30, compared to $8.9 trillion at March 31.

Standard &Poor's said today that used vehicle sales are likely to increase more than 2% y/y in August to 3.9mn units, signaling continued auto loan originations and ABS issuance.

But the GOP statement of principles offers no specifics on how Fannie and Freddie should be “wound down.”

The high yield bond market isn’t the only corner of the debt universe to defy the traditional sleepiness of August this year and keep churning out deals—the leveraged loan and CLO markets have declined to take their summer siesta as well.

This week's primary influencing factor on trading was Friday's address by the Federal Reserve chairman at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium.

The new IRS reporting requirements are set to come into effect next year and would subject certain deals to 30% withholding tax.

loanDepot.com said today that it has securitized its first pools of mortgage loans guaranteed by Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae.

Last month two bidders were eyeing Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights once owned by Taylor, Bean & Whitaker. But it appears the sale may have stalled.