The FHA and the Inspector General of HUD currently are at odds over permissible sources of single-family downpayment assistance offered through housing finance agencies.

In 2014, FB Financial began retaining more of its servicing rights and now has a $4.0 billion portfolio.

The nation's fourth largest servicer, Nationstar Mortgage, will hold a job fair on Sept. 12 at the Maude Cobb Convention Center in Longview, TX.

Depending on where they work, mortgage loan officers can earn anywhere from 20 to 100 basis points per loan.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac introduced the IDR program back in February as the final piece to the representation-and-warranties framework.

One of the fastest-growing top-10 originators, loanDepot, this month came to market with a $150 million debt financing deal that portends good things for other firms looking to raise capital in a tough stock market. “The cost of money has really come down for nonbanks,” said consultant Paul Hindman. The privately held loanDepot disclosed...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are seeing some competition for eligible mortgages from portfolio lenders…

A total of $333.1 billion of residential MBS backed by freshly originated home loans were issued during the second quarter of 2016, a 30.3 percent increase over the first three months of the year. But that trailed the 34.2 percent surge in primary-market originations during the same period. The result was a further decline in the mortgage securitization rate, from 67.3 percent in the first quarter to 65.3 percent in the second, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis. It marked the lowest securitization rate since 2004, when the non-agency MBS market was just beginning to take off. The biggest decline was...[Includes one data table]

Ocwen services roughly 60,000 loans in Washington state.

Angel Oak, by the way, is licensed to lend in 30 states. It hopes to be in 40 within the next year, said company official John Hsu…