Private mortgage insurers lost market share in the agency purchase market during the last quarter of 2021, while FHA production shifted toward riskier business.

It’s earnings season! The early results show a mixed mortgage bag for the megabanks. The mega-nonbanks start reporting later this month.

For a year, Guaranteed Rate stuck its toe in the broker channel. Now that the origination water has turned cold, it’s leaving.

Nearly half of Black first-time homebuyers say they would prefer to take a class or conduct in-depth research before buying.

States have begun taking applications for homeowner assistance programs funded by the Treasury Department and designed to prevent foreclosures stemming from the pandemic.

Sandra Thompson, Biden’s nominee for FHFA director, gives a deft performance at her Senate confirmation hearing.

Buy low, sell high. That piece of advice applies to stocks as well as bonds. But is now the time to purchase agency securities?

The Congressional Budget Office looked at how an increase in nonbank issuers and a higher volume of VA loans might put Ginnie Mae’s MBS program at risk.

Some of Cenlar’s subservicing clients are eyeing a switch. But when it comes to securities holders whose assets are being serviced by the vendor, so far, there isn’t much to worry about.

Depository institutions increased their agency mortgage servicing rights by just 0.4% during the final three months of the year.