Mortgages

An explicit government guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is imperative to reform the secondary market, but it needs to be carefully circumscribed.

Citigroup's plan to sell a $97 billion mortgage servicing portfolio and subservice its remaining accounts highlights the growing prevalence of nondepository servicers and raises questions about how much capacity exists for these institutions to absorb more large deals.

Citigroup's decision to exit mortgage servicing by the end of 2018 is part of a long-term strategy to increase returns and sharpen the bank's focus on its core retail customers.

With home values — and interest rates — rising, homeowners finally seem ready to tap into their homes' equity to fund long-delayed home-improvement projects.

With home values — and interest rates — rising, homeowners finally seem ready to tap into their homes' equity to fund long-delayed home-improvement projects.

Citigroup plans to exit the mortgage-servicing business by the end of 2018 to focus on making new loans.

Citi is close to deals to sell its customer and non-customer servicing portfolios; Wells tries to limit investor resolutions in its annual meeting proxy materials.

If underwriting standards at other lenders begin to fall, how will CUs respond?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 20,000 threshold for the first time Wednesday, but the postelection stock market rally has produced a mixed bag for mortgage demand and the industry's publicly traded companies.

The spike in fees compensated for lower interest income.