Where Realtors were once the first source of information for homebuyers, increasingly independent mortgage lenders are attempting to provide leads on homes for sale and more...

The mega banked earned $133 million from home lending and servicing in the fourth quarter, a 35 percent decline from 3Q15.

For investors in mortgage stocks, the question becomes: Well, how much will these beaten-down eight come back?

A huge factor in the record-setting year was the 115.5 percent surge in refinance loans securitized in Ginnie MBS.

Should mortgage servicers begin to worry about residential delinquencies in such oil producing states as North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas?

Prime jumbo MBS issuance rebounded from a soft 2014 with $12.08 billion in issuance, a 25.4 percent gain.

Goldman actually entered the subprime MBS and financing game a bit late compared to some of its peers. At one point it even owned a small subprime lender.

New issuance of non-agency MBS rose smartly in 2015, nearly matching the highest annual production volume since the financial market meltdown back in 2007. Some $61.60 billion of non-agency MBS came to market last year, a solid 13.9 percent increase from 2014, according to Inside MBS & ABS. This figure does not include Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac credit risk-transfer deals – which attract traditional non-agency MBS credit investors but are ... [Includes three data charts]

The Internal Revenue Service recently provided guidance to an MBS trustee and master servicer confirming that a settlement with investors was compliant with requirements for real estate mortgage investment conduits. While Private Letter Ruling 201601005 applies only to the unidentified parties that sought the guidance from the IRS, industry attorneys suggest that the letter could be useful when structuring settlements with MBS investors. The letter was released ...

Wells' lending performance stands in contrast to its closest JPMorgan Chase, which reported a 23.3 percent sequential decline in mortgage production for the period.