The correspondent channel accounted for 32.9 percent of total first-lien originations, up from a 32.4 percent share the previous quarter.

All three loan-production channels saw sharp declines in volume during the first quarter, but correspondent activity held up slightly better than the other platforms. [Includes four data charts.]

Applications for purchase mortgages and refinances both declined.

House Republicans, who previously said the Senate bill didn’t go far enough, said they will have a separate reg relief package to be considered by the Senate.

Respondents to the Mortgage Bankers Association's quarterly mortgage banking performance survey reported, in aggregate, a negative margin in the “mid to high single digits” for the first quarter.

If stated income appears to be overstated by 15.0 percent or more, PointPredictive notifies the lender so additional verification can be completed.

The House decided to take a vote on the current Senate bill with no amendments and the Senate is expected to consider a separate deregulation package from the House.

Fifth Third Bancorp announced on Monday that it has agreed to buy MB Financial in a transaction valued at approximately $4.7 billion. The combined company will then rank fourth in total deposits and second in retail deposits in Chicago market. It will also have a 20 percent share of middle market relationships in Chicago, ranking it second.

The non-qualified mortgage share of originations by banks increased slightly in 2017, according to a survey by the American Bankers Association. The share of banks offering non-QMs also increased.

New FHA endorsements and VA home loan guaranty volume were both down significantly in the first quarter, but the two programs followed different paths to mostly similar results. A new Inside FHA/VA Lending ranking and analysis shows that endorsements of FHA forward mortgages slipped 10.5 percent from the fourth quarter to $48.96 billion. That was the lowest quarterly output for the program since early 2015, when just $39.48 billion of FHA forward loans were originated. In the VA program, new loan guarantees fell 11.1 percent from the fourth quarter to $39.06 billion. That was the lowest three-month total since the first lap in 2016, with $37.09 billion produced. Most of the decline in FHA business was in purchase-mortgage lending, which fell 13.5 percent from the fourth quarter. While purchase loans still accounted for a hefty 71.1 percent of FHA forward endorsements during the ... [Charts]