Nationstar will take title to $6.7 billion of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and private investor product owned by EverBank...

More than half of Flagstar's servicing portfolio consists of subservicing contracts.

The megabanks still report broker production in their loan sales figures, but most of the activity involves seasoned loans.

HomeStreet funded $1.61 billion of new originations in the first quarter of 2015, a 21 percent improvement from the previous quarter.

Quicken made news earlier in the year when it heavily promoted to loan brokers a 60-hour LPMI “sale” committing coverage for $100 million in originations.

Recruiter Rick Glass said the thirst to hire high-caliber mortgage COOs is coming from lenders that “want to move to the next level.”

Another post-crisis trend is that the volume of Fannie’s multifamily financing had shrunk more than Freddie’s...

Many lenders reported the pleasant confluence of rising origination volume and stronger gain-on-sale margins.

Underwriting overlays established by lenders also will limit some potential borrowers from purchasing homes in the coming years.

Mortgage servicers will be subject to stronger quarterly reporting requirements, including tougher penalties for non-compliance.