Early last year Whalen predicted the nation’s four largest commercial banks might exit the business of residential lending and servicing…

Loans from Maryland and Indiana represent a majority of the collateral at 37 percent and 25 percent, respectively…

Houlihan as been a major player in mortgage-related deals ever since it purchased Milestone Partners earlier in the decade…

The conventional secondary market caught up with the seasonal surge in home-buying activity during the third quarter, leading to a hefty 17.9 percent jump in the production of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities. The two government-sponsored enterprises issued $223.61 billion of single-family MBS during the recently completed third quarter, a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis reveals. Although that was the strongest ... [Includes three data charts]

Purchase-mortgage activity in the GSE market surged 21.5 percent higher in the third quarter – and Fannie recorded a whopping 35.9 percent jump in such business…

The interim final rule becomes effective on October 19…

Roughly 25.6 percent of applications from blacks were denied last year, compared to 15.4 percent for whites.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency projects that about $11.0 billion of prime non-agency MBS will be issued this year…

“Those on the left side of the political spectrum are more likely to know what the CFPB is and have a positive opinion of it,” said Cato’s Emily Ekins.

First Republic Bank originated $1.90 billion of IOs in the second quarter of 2017, ranking first nationwide.