Bank of America was once again the buyback king at the midway point in 2014.

The CFPB also is working with other regulators to help ensure consistency in their examinations of mortgage lenders...

As reported by IMFnews, 18 current members are affected by the proposed ban on captives, seven of which are mortgage real estate investment trusts.

The advisory firm based its findings on the operating results of 37 independent mortgage banking companies across the U.S.

Roughly 25 percent of lenders said they hope to enter the home equity lending market over the next 12 months.

MBA's Gross noted that the cost of changing external auditors is “significant,” both for large and small seller/servicers, whether they are public or not.

In general, the industry believes a g-fee hike may not happen after all, but then there's all those "other charges."

One question we occasionally hear is this one: If the GOP this fall gains control of the Senate can’t they just push through a GSE reform bill and hope to override a presidential veto, if there is one?

Mortgage lenders securitized $90.95 billion of single-family MBS through the GSEs and Ginnie Mae during August – the biggest monthly volume since September 2013, according to IM&A.

The top contributor to the new Redwood jumbo MBS is First Republic Bank with an 18.2 percent market share.