CFPB Director Richard Cordray had his turn next: “Prophets of doom have warned of delays in closings and the need for consumers to buy longer rate locks because of their failure, or perhaps refusal, tounderstand the requirements of the three-day waiting period,” he said.

The theme Cressey and other experts repeatedly drove home is that the industry can never get ahead of the threat.

Michael Fratantoni, chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association, said the GSEs’ back-end risk-sharing deals do not represent the type of reform most industry participants would like to see.

The fear for MI firms, and the analysts who cover them, is that another cut in the MIP would eat into policies that might be written by the private mortgage insurance sector.

Some observers believe the CFPB is questioning whether certain LOS vendors are qualified to serve the industry, fearing a potential crackdown on such companies.

Investors that buy homes accounted for 15.2 percent of purchasers in September, based on a three-month moving average.

Due diligence vendor The StoneHill Group is in a hiring mode...

Yet, here’s loanDepot, a firm launched just five years ago by industry veteran Anthony Hsieh, filing its S-1 statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Consumer belly-aching about mortgage servicing is down, too, but not quite as much: 12.0 percent quarter-over-quarter and 2.5 percent year-over-year.

The reason for the forecast hike? Answer: a strong job market and more supply coming on the market.