United Guaranty was the largest MI in terms of total policies written in 1Q16, but Arch Mortgage Insurance and National MI were the fastest growers.

Analysts at PiperJaffray said the agreement “removes the near-term risk of Altisource being liquidated.”

Recent studies suggest reduced pricing and declining costs have given conventional mortgages with private MI an edge over FHA in the battle for high-quality borrowers...

The rule is expected to reflect measures in the interim guidance, including modification of the requirements for condo project recertification...

Mortgage brokerage firms added 200 workers during March. Employment in the sector now stands at 80,400 positions.

As for TRID, Citadel obtained legal opinions on how to properly fix errors on loan applications and over time grew comfortable with the process.

The market did not react kindly to Five Oaks' earnings news. At one point in trading, its share price was down 13 percent on the day.

Over half (51.1 percent) of VA loans securitized through Ginnie MBS in the first quarter of 2016 were retail originations, but only 39.1 percent of FHA loans came through that channel.

Freddie Mac reduced its portfolio to $339.9 billion at the end of the quarter, a 2.0 percent drop. Like Fannie, the biggest decline in percentage terms was in non-agency MBS…

goodmortgage.com will be operated as a division of FGMC and run as a “dba.”