First the good news: Several shops are experiencing a strong second quarter, with production on the rise sequentially. Then again, the first quarter was notably weak. As for the rest of the year, executives are hopeful rates are about to peak.

Lenders that focus on non-qualified mortgages are expanding the credit box to reach more borrowers.

The future of servicer/subservicer Select Portfolio Services remains cloudy after its owner turned down bids on some of its MSRs.

The Mortgage Bankers Association this week raised concerns with the Department of Housing and Urban Development about its proposed property standards for new construction and substantial renovations of FHA-insured properties located in a floodplain.

Some experts expect MSR trading to top $1 trillion in each of the next three years, surpassing the approximately $900 billion traded in 2022.

With production expenses rising to more than $13,000 per loan, and four straight quarters of negative net income, mortgage lenders struggle to find ways to stay in business.

Texas-based Colonial Savings, which has been offering home loans since its founding in 1952, will stop originating mortgages at the end of July.

The trade group wants the CFPB to establish uniform disclosure requirements for transactions involving dual compensation.

The Appraisal Subcommittee’s second open meeting focused on how appraisal methods might introduce biases to the valuation process.

The Senate must now vote on the bill which would lift the federal debt limit until January 2025.