loanDepot’s founder is busy buying luxury homes these days. In a few weeks we’ll know how well the company did in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, non-agency MBS production remains brisk.

Loan-level price adjustments charged by the government-sponsored enterprises for loans in high-cost areas and for second-home mortgages are set to increase this spring.

Lenders are increasingly using evaluations to determine home values rather than completing full appraisals. The evaluations carry risks for both lenders and borrowers, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.

The market isn’t viewing publicly traded mortgage lenders favorably these days and that’s a problem for the one remaining IPO/SPAC candidate: Better.com.

Two nonbanks are trading accusations tied to the pilfering of staff, at least that’s how it started. Eventually, the case could be settled out of court but not before some damaging allegations get aired in public.

The mortgage finance and housing industries are monitoring the surge of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Acting Director Sandra Thompson has directed Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to factor climate change into their business decision-making.

FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams’ resignation clears the path for Democratic control of FDIC rulemaking, which could translate into tougher bank merger rules.

It could be a brisk year for mortgage company sales. But how fierce might the roll-up be? Changes in Rocket’s C-suite.

What will separate the men from the boys and the women from the girls in 2022? Purchase-lending and non-QMs. At least that’s what some executives we spoke to believe.