Jumbo mortgages and non-qualified mortgages can generate better margins than agency products. Still, the loans don’t necessarily offer a guaranteed path to profits.

Industry consultants are cautioning companies to take steps to ensure their fair housing compliance teams are ready to defend an expected uptick in enforcement actions.

The nation’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer is being hit on the legal front over a “processing issue” that caused unauthorized withdrawals of monthly mortgage payments.

The latest $22 million settlement brings to an end a lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo of wrongfully denying loan modifications to borrowers who eventually lost their homes to foreclosure.

Mortgage trade groups quash FCA amendment in the bill but can’t prevent continuation of a 10-basis-point g-fee surcharge.

There’s nothing preventing Better.com from becoming a public company by yearend, at least that’s how the lender sees it. But there are doubters.

Layoffs can be good news for lenders looking for an employment bargain. In particular, non-agency shops are looking to hire.

While many mortgage servicers handled high forbearance call volume while keeping callers on hold for as little as three minutes, some entities took as long as 26 minutes to connect borrowers to help.

Increases in credit-related income, due to improving economic conditions, are offset by declining margins and fair value losses.

Even though FEMA is not directly responsible for oversight of compliance with flood insurance program requirements, the GAO has suggested Congress prompt FEMA to act.