The lack of consideration of renters’ positive monthly payments is constraining the number of potential borrowers eligible for purchase mortgages, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center. The HFPC found that rental payment history is “highly likely to be predictive” of mortgage performance. However, credit scores used by mortgage lenders largely don’t track renters’ records of on-time payments. The analysis was funded by the National ...

Wells Fargo ranked as the top purchase-mortgage lender in 2017 both in retail originations and production through third-party originators, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of survey data. The company relied more heavily on its correspondent platform last year, posting a 16.9 percent increase in purchase-mortgage acquisitions over its 2016 volume. On the retail side, Wells’ purchase-mortgage originations were down ... [Includes one data chart]

Production numbers were down sharply in nearly every category.

Warning sign: In February, the percentage of FHA borrowers with DTI ratios above 50 percent rose to 24.6 percent, up from 19.8 percent a year ago.

“It appears that the larger the investment, the larger the resentment,” Stratmor said.

Sen. Brown said he wants a new CFPB director, one with a moral compass…

In February of last year, Altisource disclosed in an SEC filing that the CFPB was looking into the vendor’s relationship with Ocwen...

Radian's mortgage and real estate services division – which includes due diligence provider The Clayton Group – continues to struggle...

Production of new first-lien home loans fell sharply in the first quarter of 2018, although the market was not that far off from how it began a year ago. [Includes two data charts.]

The dollar volume of loans originated for fix-and-flip transactions increased by 27 percent on an annual basis in 2017, according to Attom Data Solutions, a firm that tracks sales deeds. While loan volume and market share are increasing for fix-and-flip financing, industry analysts suggest that the market is more “rational” than it was in the run up to the financial crisis.