The average loan size is $15.36 million, the average interest rate 3.60 percent.

Stearns Lending was the top table funder in 3Q15 with $2.95 billion originated through loan brokers. United Wholesale Mortgage was an extremely close second at $2.94 billion.

It may be holiday week, but Interactive Mortgage Advisors is out with a handful of new MSR offerings...

In case you’re wondering, Fannie Mae has a market capitalization rate of $12.28 billion, Freddie Mac $6.86 billion. Why?

"Many servicing functions resemble the assembly line processes used in auto manufacturing," said a new report from Freddie Mac.

Barclays believes there is both an economic argument and a policy argument for reducing GSE guaranty fees…

LoanStar expects to originate $750 million of home mortgages this year and has set a goal of doubling that in 2016…

Unless mortgage-banking income takes another steep downturn in the fourth quarter, 2015 will likely prove more profitable than 2014 by a slim margin.

However, 40 percent of those lenders who do not offer a mobile app plan to make one available over the next 12 months.

One investment banker familiar with the firm said, “a CFO disruption so close to the IPO just doesn’t look good.”