The Fed hiked short-term rates 75 basis points Wednesday, adding to uncertainty about originations. One thing is for certain: The refi game is over.

Rich Martinez joins the growing roster of executives abandoning the GSEs for greener pastures.

A New York district court has found that RPM/LendUS used stalling tactics to get out of a merger deal with Entitle Direct Group, a title insurance company.

Black Knight has suggested mortgage servicers use predictive modeling data or aerial photography to help determine how likely it is that one of their borrowers’ properties was damaged in a natural disaster.

One economist is blaming the increasing tendency among older homeowners to stay in their homes for longer as one of the key reasons for the housing inventory crunch.

The social equity program offers downpayment assistance to residents and descendants of those who lived in Denver between 1938 and 2000.

An unexpected surge in inflation briefly created a “no-bid” moment for agency MBS.

Non-QM lending may sound good to conventional originators looking to bolster their menus, but headwinds are still evident. Low-yielding paper still needs to be moved but financiers and acquirers are having second thoughts.

Weak MBS trading activity usually isn’t a good sign. To some it portends a lack of liquidity, to others cloudiness in a market that has lost its way. Regardless, daily MBS trades in May were not pretty.

Fannie Mae will publish refi application activity on a weekly basis, helping MBS investors better gauge prepayment trends.