The nonprime mortgages were sourced through Lone Star affiliate Caliber Home Loans and other lenders…

Lower rates could translate into more refinancings, but could cause hedging problems for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…

The company hired industry veteran Joseph Boiano to oversee the new division…

Groups signing the Patenaude letter include the Center for Responsible Lending, Community Mortgage Lenders of America, NAACP, NAR and many others…

Before the financial crisis, about 10 percent of home sales were all-cash transactions…

Brian Benjamin, who runs Two River Mortgage & Investment in Red Bank, NJ, noted that if brokerage shops are laying off, “it’s support staff.”

CFPB's Cordray clerked for both Robert Bork and Anthony Kennedy...

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is due for an overhaul, according to a proposal published by the Federal Reserve. Members of the Fed’s research staff suggest that banks should offer a type of mortgage with no downpayment requirements that essentially automatically refinances. Wayne Passmore, senior adviser in the Fed’s division of research and statistics, and Alexander von Hafften, a senior research assistant in the division, authored a working paper published by the Fed last week. Passmore and von Hafften cited...

First-time homebuyers accounted for $170.3 billion of securitized purchase mortgages during the first half of 2017, according to an Inside FHA/VA Lending analysis of loan-level data for mortgage-backed securities issued by Ginnie mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Purchase-mortgage origination to first-time homebuyers was up 15.7 percent year-over-year and comprised 50.3 percent of total purchase-mortgage loans securitized during the six-month period. FHA accounted for 36.8 percent ($61.4 billion) of first-time homebuyer purchase mortgages delivered into agency pools from beginning to midyear, while conventional purchase mortgages with private mortgage insurance accounted for 28.3 percent ($48.3 billion) over the same period. FHA and private MI are the two leading mortgage insurers for first-time homebuyers. Together, they have provided mortgage insurance for nearly ... [Charts]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development this week announced changes to the FHA-insured reverse mortgage program, including a 200 basis point adjustment in the upfront mortgage insurance premium that may shut out some potential borrowers. HUD officials acknowledged during a press call that changes in both the upfront MIP and the HECM principal limit factors could reduce the number of borrowers initially by as much as 20 percent. Officials estimated that there are approximately 24 million seniors with untapped equity in their homes. “Overall, it is still a very large potential market,” said one official who spoke on background. “In the last few years, we did about 45,000 to 50,000 reverse mortgages annually. The net effect of all these changes is a better and safe HECM program for seniors. We’ll just have to wait and see how it plays out.” The revisions would help stabilize the ...