The wholesale-broker market held its ground, maintaining a 10.0 percent share of new originations, Inside Mortgage Finance found.

One real estate agent did not mince words: "TRID is a nuisance and should be done away with immediately if not sooner. Shut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.”

California, Alaska, and South Dakota are the only states required to disclose death on property information in written disclosures…

All three major mortgage-production channels posted significant gains in volume from the first quarter of 2016 to the second, but retail posted the biggest increase. According to a new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis, an estimated $300 billion in first-lien mortgages were originated through retail platforms during the second quarter, including traditional brick-and-mortar offices and consumer-direct efforts. That was up 36.4 percent from the first three months of the year, and a scant 1.4 percent higher on a year-to-date basis. The retail share edged up to 58.8 percent, the highest it’s been in two years. Wells Fargo remained...[Includes four data tables]

FHFA estimates there are roughly 300,000 homeowners potentially eligible to refinance through HARP.

From what we understand, Stonegate Bank is not very active in residential lending, but Insignia is…

A CFPB nonbank registration system might be used to collect financial and operational data and information on a lender’s organizational structure…

In recent years, Redwood has favored whole loan sales to jumbo MBS due to pricing considerations, but the company has continued to issue jumbo MBS.

In total, there are 573 loans backing the Deephaven MBS…

Not only are CHLA and CMLA unhappy with the lack of representation, they want the CFPB to form a “Community Mortgage Banking Advisory Council...”