The Federal Reserve will continue to gobble up MBS and other long-term bonds, which means mortgage rates should stay low.

Industry veteran Sy Naqvi is stepping down as CEO of PNC Mortgage.

Stable interest rates are making refinancing less attractive to the newest mortgage borrowers, which should keep prepayment rates very low.

The share of cash purchases of homes increased for five consecutive months, hitting 32.3 percent in February, based on the three-month moving average.

Is the refinancing boom finally over? Some mortgage bankers are beginning to get nervous.

Walter Investment Management lost money in the fourth quarter and for the full year but that's because it's been gobbling up billions of dollars in mortgage servicing rights.

The Senate Banking Committee, as expected, approved the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB, but Republicans are not happy about the structure of the young agency.

HUD may be forced to cut some of its vendors due to the federal sequester. Meanwhile, Two Harbors raises $673 million.

Mortgage banking units owned by banks and thrifts generated $1.55 trillion in loan sales during 2012, a 36.9 percent jump from the previous year.

Citibank continues to finance PennyMac and its affiliates. The bank recently increased a repo line it had with the publicly traded REIT.