JPM upped its MSR portfolio by roughly $45 billion in 3Q21. Good thing because the asset is rising in value. Will other commercial banks follow suit?

There’s no uniformity in how states are handling workplace requirements for mortgage companies during the pandemic. Industry participants are calling for the ability to work from home to be a permanent option.

Sales of purchase-money mortgages into the agency secondary market continued to gain momentum in the third quarter, but the refinance sector saw further erosion. (Includes two data charts.)

An FHFA-OIG report suggests underwriting for the current wave of cash-out refinances is much better than in previous cycles.

Interested in buying mortgage servicing rights? You’re not alone, but pricing is beginning to accelerate. Yearend is less than three months away.

The CFPB and the FHFA are no longer quasi-independent agencies insulated from the whims of the White House.

No one ever said becoming a public company was easy, but a new public filing related to Better.com’s plans reveals some of the roadblocks that lie ahead. Will investors take note?

Reporting and reimbursement procedures are expected to change immediately at the government-sponsored enterprises.

The Downpayment Toward Equity Act, sponsored by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-GA, would grant up to $25,000 in assistance to first-generation homebuyers. Its fate, though, depends on the final size of the Build Back Better Act.

Industry groups want the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to specify which payments into mortgage servicing accounts would qualify for coverage.