In some cities, future price gains may be hard to come by, especially if home flippers and investors bolt.

Meanwhile, according to interviews conducted by IMFnews with certain warehouse consultants, profits have been quite good during the first quarter...

Mortgage companies repurchased or provided indemnification to Fannie and Freddie on some $4.046 billion of mortgages during 2014.

Few lenders are counting on a reduction in the current “ongoing” GSE fee, which increased from 13 basis points in 2009 to 40 bps in 2013.

Some banks have already been doing loan closings themselves...

So, how come Freddie has conducted a handful of NPL sales thus far and Fannie Mae has not?

During 4Q14 Javelin Mortgage Investment sold all of its holdings of prime, fixed-rate, senior bonds from new-issue jumbo MBS – $119.6 million of non-agency product in total.

Tom Popik, research director of Campbell Surveys, notes that the Quicken Loans’ call-center model can be an accepted alternative to local mortgage branches.

Although HARP originations plunged by 76 percent last year, the FHFA may keep the program alive.

Total VA volume for the entire year was $112.0 billion in purchase and refinance loans.