Fannie joins Freddie in accepting attorney title opinion letters instead of title insurance. Industry observers said the new option will mostly impact refinances, not purchases.

Despite coming in the wake of a handful of senior executive departures, the resignations look like normal attrition.

Experts continue to debate how and when FHA should implement insurance premium reductions. Also, last week, Julia Gordon’s nomination to head FHA advanced in the Senate.

So far, among public companies, Mr. Cooper CEO Jay Bray was the top mortgage earner in 2021 but many lenders have yet to file proxy statements. Meanwhile, MBA trimmed its production forecast.

JPMorgan also increased the asset value of its mortgage servicing rights portfolio to 127 basis points from 106 bps at Dec. 31.

How mainstream is the concept? The publicly traded Redwood Trust is among the investors that recently committed more than $1.0 billion to Point...

If a true retirement wave develops, the question becomes: Who’s going to replace all the retirees?

2021 marked the first year since Inside Mortgage Finance began annual originations rankings back in 1989 that three nonbanks topped the ranking.

Messrs. Schneider and Stein are hanging out their M&A shingle in what could be a fruitful year...

MBA said the action to “remove the most detrimental aspects of the bill” was in response to an advocacy campaign...