JPM has made it clear: the megabank refuses to chase market share in a world of declining originations.

Jumbo production surged 20.9 percent from 2012 levels to an estimated $272 billion – the strongest output for the sector since 2007.

Overall, HUD’s entire 2015 budget seeks a 2.6 percent increase over FY 2014 levels to $46.66 billion.

In early September, in an exclusive report, Inside Mortgage Finance broke the news about funding delays at the company. At the time, a Nationstar spokesman blamed the situation on the changing of document custodian vendors. (It would not name the vendor.)

Some mortgage technology consultants, speaking on-background, are prophesizing that the investment will lead to Google moving into the realty market and becoming a direct competitor to traditional Realtors.

Prospect Mortgage had roughly $975 million in committed warehouse lines at yearend. Its three largest providers include UBS Securities, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and Fannie Mae.

Mortgage bankers are concerned how the proposed FHA fee will be applied and whether it may cause lenders to become even more cautious and less incented to use the full FHA credit box.

Subprime delinquencies are increasing, but it's unclear whether the trend will last or whether it's just a blip on the radar screen.

GOP senators recently dispatched a letter to FHFA Director Mel Watt, countering a plea signed by 33 Democrats in January calling on the agency director to immediately authorize GSE funding to the National Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund.

Roughly 96 percent of mortgage bankers earned money in the third quarter. But that wasn't the case in 4Q, according to Richey May & Co.