“There is no policy rationale for the federal government to continue to subsidize the portion of mortgages that exceed $500,000,” said Sheila Crowley, NLIHC’s president and CEO.

As IMFnews went to press, Stonegate Mortgage was suffering the most among real estate finance-related stocks, down 7.16 percent on the day.

“A terrible outcome,” one mortgage consultant told IMFnews…

Commercial banks continue to avoid the reverse mortgage market like the plague.

Nationstar Mortgage is laying the ground work for a huge debt sale. But what will it use the money for?

Eric Morgenson, a sales manager at Angel Oak, said the lender’s main concern involves New York's foreclosure timelines

If Kurland sells all of the shares he registered, it will leave him with 424,025, making him (still) the largest individual shareholder in the publicly traded REIT.

One proposed rule would establish reasonable fees that VA lenders may charge in connection with the origination and servicing of loans.

The biggest mortgage story of 2015? How about origination volumes being a lot better than anyone dreamed of?

Originations of interest-only mortgages by lenders that are prominent in the niche have lagged behind overall mortgage production trends, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Through the first three quarters of 2015, first-lien IO originations by a group of 12 lenders increased by 13.2 percent compared with the same period in 2014. Overall mortgage production in that time increased by 42.9 percent, according to ... [Includes one data chart]