After hearing the industry’s clamor, the FHFA delayed the 50-basis-point fee while also exempting low-balance loans.

When it comes to warehouse lending, conditions have never been better. Credit the pandemic and the Federal Reserve. (Includes data chart.)

Is Bill Foley, the 75-year-old non-executive chairman of title insurance giant Fidelity National, pondering retirement? Don't bet on it. He's shaking the mortgage vendor M&A tree big time.

Self-employed borrowers are facing tighter underwriting standards on conventional mortgages but not on non-agency loans.

One of the challenges with borrowers getting forbearance in this category is a lack of clarity regarding which entity holds legal authority to decide terms of loss mitigation.

Michael Fein, owner and manager of apartment complexes, has been indicted for using false rent rolls to obtain federally-guaranteed loans.

A study based on call transcripts between borrowers and a servicer found that many customers who received relief didn’t actively seek it.

But to remain in compliance, parties involved in co-marketing deals have made adjustments to their activity valuation and documentation.

The new regulatory category would allow non-QMs to obtain QM status as long as they meet certain performance requirements and other standards during the first three years after origination.

It took 15 months for the acquisition-minded Freedom Mortgage to close on RoundPoint. What snarled the deal? Low interest rates, for starters.