The mortgage industry wants lower Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac/FHA loan limits. But will it happen?

The game is on: MBA wants a single GSE security and will lobby aggressively on the issue.

Business must be good for Nationstar Mortgage. The fast growing servicer is trying to pull off a huge debt swap.

It's official: Come January of next year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will only be able to purchase qualified mortgages.

Residential lenders produced a total of $63.7 billion in new FHA-insured loans during the quarter, down slightly from the previous quarter.

A new investment banking firm wants to help nonbanks raise capital.

Overall FHA loan production dropped a tad during the first quarter of 2013 even as refinancing volume remained elevated, according to an Inside FHA Lending analysis of agency data. FHA lenders produced a total of $63.7 billion in new FHA-insured loans during the quarter, down 0.6 percent from the previous quarter but up 27.4 percent from the same period last year. FHA streamline refinancing rose 8.4 percent to $31.0 billion in the first quarter from the prior period. That was also up a whopping 97.8 percent from the same period last year. In a new report to Congress, the ... [2 charts]

With mortgage bankers earning a ton of money the past two years, more firms are considering buying a new loan origination system.

Redwood hits an earnings home run in the first quarter. Widening spreads a concern? Hardly.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securitized a total of $27 billion of mortgages with LTV ratios north of 105 percent, most of which did not have insurance.