Fannie and Freddie both plan to increase their acquisitions of purchase-money mortgage loans secured by manufactured homes.

The fund provides grants to help struggling borrowers cover mortgage payments, loan modifications and housing expenses.

Mortgage industry veteran Ron McCord faces decades in prison after confessing to bank fraud and money laundering charges.

Loan officers’ wallets continued to get fatter in the first quarter, thanks to mortgage origination volumes hitting new records. However, industry bean-counters expect that to change once rates start to increase.

Has market sentiment spread to the MI sector? Genworth Financial scuttles (for now) IPO of mortgage insurance division.

No one really thought the GOS readings of the past year would last, right? Meanwhile, Guild Mortgage rises above the pack.

The pandemic makes sense, but it may not be the real reason why the CFPB has delayed the mandatory compliance date for the QM standards drafted during the final days of the Trump administration.

Mortgage performance improved, thanks to a healing economy and federal stimulus. Still, delinquencies and forbearance rates remain high. (Includes data chart.)

Borrowers will be able to save $100 to $250 per month. But eligibility rules to qualify for a refi may limit participation.

Some investors in mortgage equities are putting their money to work elsewhere, but that hasn’t stopped fintech lender Better.com from entering into a SPAC/IPO maneuver. Launch time: the fall of 2021.