Rate locks for purchase mortgages declined from April to May. Numerous factors are depressing demand for the loans: higher interest rates, accelerating home prices and inflation.

PE shops have quietly entered the MSR arena as owners, reaping strong gains. How long they might stick around depends on the direction of interest rates.

Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plan to base much of their equitable housing finance efforts on existing pilot programs.

The Community Home Lenders Association has raised concerns that an entity with dominant market position could engage in anti-competitive behavior.

Foreclosure filings last month nearly tripled from a year ago, according to Attom. However, the analytics firm said foreclosure activity is getting back to normal after two years of government intervention that led to historically low levels of default.

Does mortgage fintech Better.com have a future not tied to a SPAC? A sale perhaps? Meanwhile, more lenders are pulling the reduction-in-force lever.

Lenders continue to report a strong purchase-market but are feeling the pain from cratering refis...

Non-agency originator Deephaven Mortgage accepts DSCR ratios as low as 0.75...

As a way to raise cash, more lenders are contemplating servicing sales...

NAR noted that 9.58% of FHA borrowers “were in some stage of delinquency” during the first quarter.