The findings were based on results supplied by 359 residential originators.

Not only is the FHFA scrutinizing lender-paid mortgage insurance products, but the agency might require higher capital standards...

Portfolio holdings of mortgages also have increased at a faster rate for smaller banks than larger ones.

California, Virginia, Texas, Florida and Washington, in sequential order, retained their VA securitization ranking from 2014.

Two Harbors is outpacing a fellow REIT, Redwood Trust, in terms of jumbo MBS deals with the latter putting more of an emphasis on whole loan sales.

In partnership with former Lehman Brothers Managing Director Brian Libman, Blackstone is trying to carry out a “roll-up” strategy...

The FHA loans were originated through the bank’s mortgage subsidiary, First Horizon Home Loans, which was sold to MetLife Bank in August 2008.

Chase was the second-ranked jumbo lender in the first quarter of 2015, nearly closing the wide gap that Wells Fargo has maintained in recent years.

The higher loan limit for the jumbo program will go into effect early in the third quarter.

But the product does not come cheap. On an A- credit loan, the rate is set at 8.25 percent when CLTV is 60 percent.