Nonbanks accounted for just over half of the total first-lien mortgage production by the top 100 lenders in the market, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis and year-end tally.

MGIC, Radian, Essent and National MI all announced that they would no longer insure loans with DTI ratios over 45 percent and credit scores below 700…

Mortgage lenders that have received civil investigative demands from the CFPB have complained the process can be trying…

Finance of America ranked 22nd among all originators in 2017...

Simon Moir of eOriginal said eNotes are the most important document in closings of digital mortgages…

If President Trump – a builder by trade – truly wants to help the housing market by adding inventory he could order the federal government to sell some of its massive holdings of land to builders at dirt cheap prices...

Such firms would then be eligible for what he called “concierge services” from the agency.

A subsidiary of Annaly Capital Management plans to issue a non-agency mortgage-backed security with a mix of seasoned mortgages...

The authors noted that appraisals associated with management companies may be more prone to contract price confirmation and super-overvaluation.

The trick, though, is to convert that higher MSR value into cash…