Caliber’s loans are generally underwritten to a full documentation standard for income, assets and employment.

In 2017, MLO license growth was strong at 8.9 percent annualized, but not this year…

HERA allows exceptions for the maximum conforming loan limits for “high cost areas.”

Arch Chief Economist DeFranco says despite lower sales, it’s still a seller’s market in most cities…

Making sure the MBS issued by the two GSEs perform identically, within narrow limits, is key to convincing traders…

The implication is that banks – which seems to have excess capacity on their balance sheets – could simply hold conventional loans in portfolio…

Altisource has a stock repurchase plan in place that expires at Dec. 31…

Cowen believes Mnuchin will survive the turbulence but notes the situation still poses a risk to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the big banks…

The primary mortgage market’s growing reliance on purchase-money lending helped swing a little more business to correspondent lenders in the third quarter of 2018, according to an Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. [Includes four data charts.]

Single-family mortgage business slowed predictably at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last month, although there was surprising resilience in the refinance market. [Includes two data charts.]