According to exclusive survey figures from Inside Mortgage Finance, the wholesale/broker market share increased to 10.2 percent in the third quarter, its highest reading of the year.

“No matter what, it’s an enormous move,” said Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group, Denver.

The new FHFA IG report is heavily redacted…

Lenders delivered $68.26 billion of single-family loans with private mortgage insurance coverage, including modified loans, into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis and ranking. Fourth-quarter private MI activity for the two government-sponsored enterprises was down 10.1 percent from the previous quarter. Overall, Fannie/Freddie single-family MBS production was up 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter. The drop in MI-insured business at the two GSEs tracked...[Includes two data tables]

The GSE figures suggest that private MIs saw a measurable drop in new insurance written in the final three months of 2016, but ended the year with a significant increase in volume compared to 2015.

Buyers and sellers are waiting to see if the 75 basis point increase in rates will stick around or turn out to be a fluke and then reverse course...

Cordray, of course, could just nip this in the bud right now, resign and start his run for governor of Ohio…

In addition to crowdfunded hard-money loans, Zeus offers traditional forward and reverse mortgages.

In 2016, Caliber issued three non-agency MBS deals that included prime-quality and jumbo loans, often made to borrowers described in ratings’ reports as consumers with “unblemished” credit.

According to his financial disclosure form, Mnuchin lists the value of his Advantage stake at $500,001 to $1 million.