The largest nonprime (non-QM) lenders are likely (in no certain order): Citadel Loan Servicing, Deephaven Mortgage and Angel Oak...

Annaly Capital Management remained the top REIT MBS investor despite an 0.8 percent drop in its portfolio.

The FHA and the Inspector General of HUD currently are at odds over permissible sources of single-family downpayment assistance offered through housing finance agencies.

In 2014, FB Financial began retaining more of its servicing rights and now has a $4.0 billion portfolio.

The nation's fourth largest servicer, Nationstar Mortgage, will hold a job fair on Sept. 12 at the Maude Cobb Convention Center in Longview, TX.

Depending on where they work, mortgage loan officers can earn anywhere from 20 to 100 basis points per loan.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac introduced the IDR program back in February as the final piece to the representation-and-warranties framework.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency revealed details this week on a new high loan-to-value streamlined refinance option for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages that will replace the Home Affordable Refinance Program. HARP was due to sunset at the end of this year, but the FHFA extended it until Sept. 30, 2017, with the new alternative beginning immediately after. The as-yet-unnamed option is...

One of the fastest-growing top-10 originators, loanDepot, this month came to market with a $150 million debt financing deal that portends good things for other firms looking to raise capital in a tough stock market. “The cost of money has really come down for nonbanks,” said consultant Paul Hindman. The privately held loanDepot disclosed...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are seeing some competition for eligible mortgages from portfolio lenders…