Investors that buy homes accounted for 15.2 percent of purchasers in September, based on a three-month moving average.

The fear for MI firms, and the analysts who cover them, is that another cut in the MIP would eat into policies that might be written by the private mortgage insurance sector.

Yet, here’s loanDepot, a firm launched just five years ago by industry veteran Anthony Hsieh, filing its S-1 statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission…

At mid-year 2015, Redwood’s subsidiary had $882 million of outstanding FHLB advances with a weighted average interest rate of 0.23 percent and a weighted average maturity of six years.

Jumbos accounted for 18.1 percent of total production in 2014, up from a 14.6 percent share the previous year.

One of Fannie’s and Freddie’s reputed “sins” was donating large sums of money to politicians who, in turn, ran interference for them on Capitol Hill...

Consumer belly-aching about mortgage servicing is down, too, but not quite as much: 12.0 percent quarter-over-quarter and 2.5 percent year-over-year.

The reason for the forecast hike? Answer: a strong job market and more supply coming on the market.

In all likelihood, the FHA could be looking at more than $200 billion in total originations this year, Brian Chappelle predicted.

Consumer complaints to the CFPB about mortgages filed during the third quarter fell in most of the significant categories tracked by Inside the CFPB – with issues about the application and origination process being the one notable exception. Gripes in this regard rose 4.1 percent from the second quarter to the third, and increased a larger 12.6 percent at the nine-month mark versus a year ago, our latest analysis found. But at just 1,644 complaints, the number of homebuyer criticisms in this regard pales when compared to the huge number of mortgage applications and originations made during the same period. It is also important to note the seasonality associated with complaints in this area, as they tend to be highest during ...