Home-equity lending accelerated in the second quarter of 2018, although the outstanding supply of home-equity lines of credit and closed-end seconds continued on its years-long downward trajectory, a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis reveals. [Includes three data charts.]

The pending deal marks the second acquisition in Stearns’ new Preferred Partner Platform initiative…

The number of mortgage lenders using technology from Blend has quadrupled in the past year…

Mortgage lenders generated an estimated $54.0 billion of new home-equity loans during the second quarter, up 18.7 percent…

So far, the final rule has not been delivered for OMB review, a process that in the past has sometimes taken months to complete.

Annaly may use the proceeds to fund additional acquisitions of mortgage servicing rights…

Flagstar Bank and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing had significant increases in their jumbo servicing portfolios over the past year…

The CMBS transactions with the highest potential exposure are collateralized by shopping malls and office properties in Northern Virginia...

Through the first eight months of the year, Ginnie issuance was down 11.0 percent...

Wedbush estimates that originations will fall by 8.0 percent this year…