The Lede

Washington Post, May 11, 2017--Kathy OrtonThe 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate ticked up to 4.05 percent with an average 0.5 point tis week compared to 4.02 percent a week ago.

MarketWatch, May 11, 2017--Andrea RiquierThe conservatorship that's ensnared Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ever since the financial crisis is increasingly unsustainable, warned the director of the mortgage giants' regulator on Thursday.

Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2017--Joann S. Lublin, Leslie Schism (subscription)American International Group Inc. plans to name Brian Duperreault-a onetime lieutenant to former CEO Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg-as the firm's chief executive officer.

HousingWire, May 11, 2017--Kelsey RamirezEarlier this year, Fannie Mae backed Blackstone's Invitation Homes' $1 billion single family rental debt. Now, many are beginning to speculate over the GSE's future moves in the SFR market.

Bloomberg, May 11, 2017--Matt Robinson, Christian Berthelsen, Chris Dolmetsch, Matt ScullyU.S. prosecutors are investigating one of Wall Street's darkest markets, focusing on hedge funds suspected of inflating the value of debt securities in their portfolios to juice the fees they collect.

Reuters, May 11, 2017--Lucia MutikaniNew applications for U.S. jobless benefits unexpectedly fell last week while producer prices rebounded strongly in April, pointing to a tightening labor market and rising inflation that could spur the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in June.

Mortgage Daily, May 11, 2017The Mortgage Bankers Association, which made the predictions in its MBA Mortgage Finance Forecast, raised the current quarter's projection from $459 billion expected in its April outlook.

Detroit Free Press, May 11, 2017--Susan TomporWhile millennials aren't likely to do things the way their parents did, it's increasingly becoming clear that they aren't going rent or live in their parents' basements forever, either.

Mortgage Daily, May 11, 2017--Sam GarciaLong-term rates on new single-family loans moved higher over the past week. But no changes are likely next week.

Reuters, May 12, 2017--Andrew MacAskillRoyal Bank of Scotland Chief Executive Ross McEwan said the bank is in talks to settle one of the two major U.S. investigations into allegations it mis-sold mortgage-backed securities that it needs to overcome before the British government can sell its shares in the bailed-out bank.

HousingWire, May 11, 2017--Brena SwansonFreddie Mac announced it's contemplating making a change to the structure of its Structured Agency Credit Risk transactions in order to try and gain more investors.

MBA Education and the Appraisal Institute present the second in a four-part webinar series on Appraisals on Monday, May 15.

In today's issue of MBA Insights: MBA Past Chairman Bill Cosgrove, CMB, led an executive panel discussion at the recent MBA National Secondary Market Conference & Expo on a wide variety of topics, including industry regulation, the future of securitization and technology.