However, one bright spot was originations, which increased sequentially by 35 percent to $1.32 billion.

Home Point, which has backing from a PE firm, may have its ears open to future deals…

“We have a pretty good idea of what the bureau is going to do in substance,” said Donald Lampe, a partner in the financial services group at Morrison & Foerster…

Nonprime lender Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions is now offering a “no-income” loan to investors with credit scores as low as 660...

Smaller depositories held 8.0 percent of the banking industry’s total mortgage servicing assets in 2015, up from a share of less than 2.0 percent as recently as 2009.

Caliber executive William Pendleton noted the nonprime MBS recently issued by Lone Star Funds (which owns Caliber) will help the lender significantly reduce interest rates on new originations.

The IG accused the FHFA of shirking its responsibility to effectively examine Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

Sen. Grassley pointed out that production decreased after Wertheimer’s tenure began in September 2014 with just three audit reports produced in 2015.

Some banks nearly tripled their bulk MSR acquisitions in 2Q16. SunTrust, for example, bought $7.41 billion of GSE servicing during the period, making it the third most active buyer in the market.

Applications and refis are so robust that production "capacity" is now a major concern...