In earlier funding rounds, Blend's backers have included businessman Peter Thiel, who co-founded PayPal...

Senate Democrats opposing the administration’s proposed cuts to HUD’s FY 2018 spending bill have reportedly placed a hold on Pantenaude’s nomination...

The wholesale-broker market saw a surge in origination volume during the second quarter of 2017, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance. All three primary-market production channels recorded big gains in the second quarter, but mortgage brokers posted the biggest increase, a 35.1 percent jump in first-lien mortgage originations to an estimated $50.0 billion. Most of the top wholesale funders in the sector reported similarly big increases in production. One reason the broker share of originations rose in the second quarter was...[Includes four data tables]

Publicly traded lenders that could benefit from the trend include First Republic Bank, Flagstar Bank, Nationstar Mortgage and U.S. Bank…

Mortgage brokers saw their market share top 11.0 percent in the second quarter, the highest reading in quite some time, Inside Mortgage Finance found…

As a result, the closing disclosure can generally only be used to reset tolerances based on events that occur within seven days of closing…

The proposed suspension generally applies to banks with less than $250 billion in total assets.

A fast grower, Guild Mortgage is open to buying other shops...

Starwood didn’t disclose the volume of non-QMs it has acquired at this point.

Other bidders on the $53.6 billion MSR portfolio include JPMorgan Chase and New Residential…