Mortgage origination volume was up in all three major production channels during the second quarter of 2014, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis and ranking. Retail originations remained the biggest source of new business, accounting for 61.0 percent of second quarter production. Total volume in the channel – which includes consumer-direct lending and traditional branch-office production – increased by 27.7 percent to an estimated $180 billion during the second quarter. Retail’s increase was higher than the overall 25.5 percent growth in total originations, nudging its share of the market slightly higher. Third-party originations were...[Includes four data charts]

Morgan Stanley is set to issue its first jumbo mortgage-backed security since the financial crisis.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 25 states filed amicus briefs in a case pending before the Supreme Court of the United States, Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans Inc., that could resolve a circuit split over the recession of a mortgage under the Truth in Lending Act.

Multiple news organizations reported on Wednesday that Bank of America and the Department of Justice are on the verge of agreeing to a settlement valued in excess of $16 billion that would bring to a close mortgage claims stemming from the lead-up to the financial crisis.

Wells Fargo lowered the credit score it allows on jumbos the bank acquires from other lenders.

Production of new agency mortgage-backed securities increased by 11 percent over June, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis.

Officials at Nationstar Mortgage suggest that regulatory issues won't prevent the nonbank servicer from growing.

RPM Mortgage is offering non-QMs for self-employed borrowers and recent retirees.

Shortly before Congress left town for its annual summertime break, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-LA, introduced S. 2641, legislation to amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide that residential mortgage loans held in portfolio would be deemed qualified mortgages for purposes of satisfying the requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability-to-repay rule.

The American Bankers Association told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that its members are working hard to refine their implementation of the bureau’s new mortgage servicing rules, but have bumped into a handful of questions and concerns they’d like the agency to address via regulatory guidance or amendment.