If preapproval letters from certain lenders are routinely unreliable, real estate agents tend to suggest that homebuyers apply for a mortgage with a different lender, according to new research by Campbell Surveys, based on a national survey sponsored by Inside Mortgage Finance Publications. “Agents are sometimes skeptical of mortgage providers selected without their consultation,” said Tom Popik, research director of Campbell Surveys. Before working with a potential homebuyer, real estate agents largely prefer...

According to an informational circular on Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, some of the top executives at the firm used to work for Southstar Funding in Sandy Spring, GA.

Maverick, which will take on the Home Point name, services roughly $1 billion in home mortgages.

Refinance loans accounted for over half (62.2 percent) of total GSE business during the first quarter...

Zacks Investment Research downgraded MGIC Investment Corp. by two notches...

In years past, some have likened Fannie and Freddie to being giant thrift institutions...

Tomkinson plans to increase CashCall’s licensing by an additional 30 states within 60 days.

Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd testified Tuesday in a civil trial over losses the GSE suffered on nonprime MBS...

Residential originations for the group fell 45.7 percent from 2013, indicating that profit margins shrank slightly more than production volume.

According to a March forecast, Fannie Mae estimates that $1.239 trillion of residential loans will be funded this year.