Thrower, as the whistleblower plaintiff who brought the allegations to light, will receive roughly $11.5 million...

Banks and thrifts reported significant declines in loan origination volume and loan sales during the third quarter. Even their loan pipelines contracted drastically. (Includes two data charts.)

Wells Fargo and PNC Bank posted sharp declines in repurchases from the second quarter, though their year-to-date volumes were up from the first nine months of 2021. (Includes data chart.)

Will the last federally insured depository in wholesale lending please turn off the lights when it leaves? After buying MUFG Union, U.S. Bank is pulling the plug on Union Bank’s loan broker business.

Even repeat, more experienced buyers reported getting only one mortgage quote, according to a new Fannie Mae survey.

Both Moody’s and Fitch expect a recession in 2023. But, unless conditions change markedly, they predict the impact on the housing market will be limited on a national basis.

Institutional investors are increasingly scooping up affordable single-family homes, creating an unlevel playing field for low-income first-time homebuyers, affordable housing advocates said at a recent HUD event.

Tappable home equity should remain sizable in 2023, signaling opportunity for an uptick in home-equity loans.

Streamlined refis worked well as a loss-mitigation tool during the pandemic, but aren’t a solution in a rising interest-rate environment.

The Federal Open Market Committee left unchanged its plans to reduce the Federal Reserve’s holdings of agency MBS.