Wells Fargo ranked as the top purchase-mortgage lender in 2017 both in retail originations and production through third-party originators, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of survey data. The company relied more heavily on its correspondent platform last year, posting a 16.9 percent increase in purchase-mortgage acquisitions over its 2016 volume. On the retail side, Wells’ purchase-mortgage originations were down ... [Includes one data chart]

Production numbers were down sharply in nearly every category.

Warning sign: In February, the percentage of FHA borrowers with DTI ratios above 50 percent rose to 24.6 percent, up from 19.8 percent a year ago.

“It appears that the larger the investment, the larger the resentment,” Stratmor said.

Sen. Brown said he wants a new CFPB director, one with a moral compass…

In February of last year, Altisource disclosed in an SEC filing that the CFPB was looking into the vendor’s relationship with Ocwen...

Radian's mortgage and real estate services division – which includes due diligence provider The Clayton Group – continues to struggle...

Production of new first-lien home loans fell sharply in the first quarter of 2018, although the market was not that far off from how it began a year ago. [Includes two data charts.]

A high-ranking official of the Department of Housing and Urban Development warned of disturbing trends that could increase FHA’s exposure to loss.

Mel Watt has roughly eight more months remaining as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, but already the industry is beginning to worry about what possible changes his successor might make to the operations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.