Mortgage performance improved, thanks to a healing economy and federal stimulus. Still, delinquencies and forbearance rates remain high. (Includes data chart.)

Borrowers will be able to save $100 to $250 per month. But eligibility rules to qualify for a refi may limit participation.

Some investors in mortgage equities are putting their money to work elsewhere, but that hasn’t stopped fintech lender Better.com from entering into a SPAC/IPO maneuver. Launch time: the fall of 2021.

With home prices continuing to increase, jumbo lending — a must menu item for California shops — is now gaining popularity in other states.

It’s not every day the warehouse lending arena snags a new entrant, but Signature Bank is sitting on a ton of cash in search of a home.

It should be a busy year for mortgage company M&A. One driver: the cap on loan sales through the GSE cash window.

Many industry analysts believe the tax incentive, given a lack of housing inventory, would act as a subsidy to sellers rather than an aid to homebuyers.

Originations remained strong in 1Q21 but GOS suffered. The good news: MSR owners had a golden opportunity to mark up the asset.

In January, the FHFA and Treasury limited the GSEs’ purchases of mortgages for investment properties and second homes to 7% of single-family acquisitions. Implementation of the cap is hitting lenders.

It’s a given: When rates rise, servicing values increase. Problem is, there hasn’t been much rate-rising going on. That is, until recently.