The House Financial Services Committee has asked servicers to disseminate consistent information about pandemic-related forbearance options.

The economic damage caused by the pandemic took a bite out of Freddie’s first-quarter results. More trouble lies ahead, including forced MSR transfers.

When the going gets tough, the wholesale channel is often the first to go. Mr. Cooper this week shuttered its broker platform, but will other table-funders follow suit?

After failing to get help from federal agencies, nonbank servicers’ lobbying efforts for a liquidity facility have shifted to Congress.

Investment losses dented title insurance underwriters’ bottom lines in the first quarter of 2020. However, the refinance boom boosted their order volume.

The CFPB will use supervisory feedback, rather than enforcement actions, to identify compliance issues in MSR transfers during the pandemic.

COVID-related forbearance requests increased once again, according to the latest tally from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The GSEs reportedly are in the hunt to hire special servicers to handle COVID-19-related forbearance claims. The reason: Some nonbanks may be living on borrowed time.

Mortgage bankers have been clamoring for liquidity help from the FHFA. This week, the agency delivered on the issue of the GSEs buying COVID-19-related forbearance loans, but then lenders read the fine print.

In a sign of hope for the non-QM market, Sprout Mortgage resumed offering expanded-credit products last week.