Altisource said the tech offering provides the option for individual mortgages to be tracked as individual chains of data via blockchain...

As of Sept. 30, Fannie and Freddie had some form of risking sharing on 38 percent to 42 of their guaranteed portfolios, respectively.

Lenders continue to worry about examiners critiquing them on issues not based in law…

Early last decade, Fannie common once traded as high as $85.03, Freddie $68.20.

The dollar volume of low-score purchase loans increased by 29.8 percent from the second to the third quarter, while total GSE purchase business went up 23.6 percent.

Gone from the Senate, via retirement, is Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, a moderate Republican who was a proponent of reforming the secondary mortgage market…

Ellington CEO Laurence Penn: “Becoming a REIT would bring with it big benefits, such as lower effective tax rates..."

One loan broker said business has been so slow that it’s like, “going into a hockey rink overnight: Dead quiet.”

United Wholesale Mortgage continues to hire...

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney is perceived as someone who’s taking a softer touch on enforcement matters than his predecessor, but nonbank mortgage originators are still being examined at a regular clip, according to industry attorneys As for how many lenders are being examined each year, that’s a different matter. The agency, as a practice, does not disclose those figures. “We’ve had a significant number of nonbank clients get examined by the CFPB ...