United Wholesale Mortgage continued to set the pace in a fast-growing wholesale-broker market. It remains to be seen whether there's enough business to go around for all the new entrants. (Includes six data charts.)

Increased risks from natural disasters have led to a rapid rise in premiums on home insurance, rejections of policy requests and some major insurance providers exiting certain markets.

Both mortgage industry participants and consumer advocates want the scope of coverage and liability under the rule to be narrowed.

The days of paying insane signing bonuses for top LO talent appear to be over. But there are exceptions. One talent recruiter asks: Will mortgage bankers ever learn?

Peter Boomer, a former PNC Bank executive, joins Guaranteed Rate as executive vice president.

All four mortgage food groups saw sizable gains in originations in the second quarter, with government and conventional conforming leading the way. (Includes two data charts.)

Responses to FHFA’s RFI on GSE pricing almost unanimously condemn the capital requirements put in place by former Director Mark Calabria.

The great mortgage origination correction of 2023 hasn’t resulted in a whole lot of company franchises changing hands. But there’s been a ton of MSR sales and some branch networks finding new owners.

With employee counts shrinking and Wells Fargo exiting the correspondent channel, lenders reported an increase in margins in the second quarter.

Some industry stakeholders are portraying the proposed capital requirements on mortgage assets as an existential threat, one that might indirectly hurt independent nonbanks. But perhaps those fears are overblown.