Recruiter Rick Glass said the thirst to hire high-caliber mortgage COOs is coming from lenders that “want to move to the next level.”

Another post-crisis trend is that the volume of Fannie’s multifamily financing had shrunk more than Freddie’s...

Many lenders reported the pleasant confluence of rising origination volume and stronger gain-on-sale margins.

Underwriting overlays established by lenders also will limit some potential borrowers from purchasing homes in the coming years.

Mortgage servicers will be subject to stronger quarterly reporting requirements, including tougher penalties for non-compliance.

Company CEO Mat Ishbia also believes that the loan broker channel is beginning to gain market share, a sentiment borne out by others in the industry.

Could another former subprime mortgage executive be reentering the game?

The bid deadline is May 12 and according to Prestwick, the seller wants to “start deliveries as soon as possible.”

Firms hoping that new guaranty fee and loan-level price adjustments promulgated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency might boost the jumbo MBS market were sorely disappointed when the final details were released by the agency late last week. One executive who works for a real estate investment trust that issues jumbos said it’s clear to him that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are continuing to “misprice” their g-fees. He would love...

Two new reports from Fitch Ratings, taken together, indicate a modest weakening in the collateral backing U.S. auto ABS deals is continuing, with perhaps a temporary reprieve thanks to short-term cash flow positives for consumers, mostly tax refunds and lower gasoline prices. Still, the overall outlook is positive. U.S. prime auto ABS collateral has been marginally weakening in the last few years, most recently because of amped-up competition among auto finance companies, Fitch said in a report out this week, based on transactions issued between 2007 and fourth-quarter 2014. “The quality of prime auto loan securitized pools was...