Expanded use of bid-tape AOT transactions and mandatory mortgage deliveries increase lender efficiencies and boost profits, according to hedge consultancy Mortgage Capital Trading.

Both the non-agency jumbo market and high-balance agency production saw sharp declines during the first quarter of 2023. In a cooler housing market, buyers are looking for affordability. (Includes three data charts.)

The proposed rule would require mortgage originators to adopt policies and procedures to ensure automated valuation models protect against manipulation of data and ensure confidence in the appraisal estimates.

First the good news: Several shops are experiencing a strong second quarter, with production on the rise sequentially. Then again, the first quarter was notably weak. As for the rest of the year, executives are hopeful rates are about to peak.

Lenders that focus on non-qualified mortgages are expanding the credit box to reach more borrowers.

Some experts expect MSR trading to top $1 trillion in each of the next three years, surpassing the approximately $900 billion traded in 2022.

With production expenses rising to more than $13,000 per loan, and four straight quarters of negative net income, mortgage lenders struggle to find ways to stay in business.

Texas-based Colonial Savings, which has been offering home loans since its founding in 1952, will stop originating mortgages at the end of July.

PennyMac appeared to gain the most from Wells Fargo's exit from the correspondent market during the first quarter. Slumping refinance business hit the retail channel hard. (Includes six data charts.)

The MBA president castigated the government for its response to the banking crisis, particularly regulator efforts to expand their authority over nonbank sellers and servicers.