Before joining the bureau in 2012, Alexis was a complex litigation and white collar partner at the Mayer Brown law firm in Washington, DC…

Morningstar said the company’s underwriting process, quality control and compliance functions were factors in the rankings…

A large nonbank is about to enter the second-lien market...

The bright spot was the prime jumbo MBS market where some $2.97 billion of new bonds were issued during the third quarter…

Home equity lending fell even more at BofA: down 12.7 percent from the prior period...

Gain-on-sale profits came to 124 basis points, flat from the prior period, and the weakest reading of the past five quarters...

Rep. Heck said he will ask the GAO to study and recommend options for improving the reverse-mortgage program, including shifting HECMs out of the MMIF...

Meanwhile, one detail about the capital buffer falling to zero remains unclear: On Jan. 1 will every single penny of the $600 million (at each) be carted away?

Originations of jumbo mortgages increased by 16.3 percent in 2016 but the sector’s share of total originations declined somewhat from the previous year, according to a ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance of newly released Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data. Some $340.88 billion of jumbos were originated in 2016, with banks dominating the ranks of the top lenders. Jumbos accounted for 17.5 percent of total originations last year, down from ... [Includes one data chart]

For originations of jumbo mortgages, it’s California and then everywhere else. The state accounted for 36.7 percent of jumbo lending in 2016, according to an analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data by Inside Mortgage Finance. Some $124.95 billion in jumbos were originated in the Golden State last year, up 18.2 percent from 2015. New York ranked second with $22.72 billion, accounting for 6.7 percent of total jumbo originations during the year. Jumbos ... [Includes one data chart]