In July, publicly traded REIT Two Harbors Investment Corp. announced it was discontinuing its mortgage conduit and securitization operations.

Dave Akre, who runs Whole Loan Capital, noted, “How can they stay in the mortgage origination business when servicing is a huge part of the borrower experience?”

PHH Corp., for years, has been trying to unload its entire mortgage franchise, a process complicated by both regulatory sanctions and large accounting losses tied to declining interest rates.

Nondepositories now dominate FHA production after several large banks exited the government program due to growing concern over potential liability arising from federal lawsuits…

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The business that Flagstar will acquire has 250 correspondent relationships that account for roughly $7 billion in production tied to agency and GSE loans.

Fannie Mae saw the biggest drop in refi volume, a 30.2 percent decline from December…

SFIG noted that a complete repeal of risk-retention requirements “is likely neither appropriate nor probable.”

PFSI is forecasting that by the second half of 2017 it will be originating $40 million to $60 million per quarter in multifamily loans.

Production of single-family MBS at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae declined substantially in January, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis and ranking. Mortgage lenders delivered a total of $134.21 billion of single-family loans into agency MBS issued during the first month of 2017, down 15.6 percent from December’s gross new issuance. The residential mortgage industry recorded...[Includes two data tables]