According to KBR, falling rates trimmed MSR values by roughly 6 percent.

Quicken stated: “The reality is that this decision will have no effect on how we conduct our business.”

Most observers believe the UGC IPO will happen – it’s just a matter of when. Maybe in September?

Refinancing has been heavy this year. Ginnie MBS outstanding at the end of 2015 lost $99.51 billion of FHA loans through the first six months of 2016.

The new bill signed by President Obama should make condo lending a little easier...

Conduit deals issued in the second half of this year will benefit the most from spread tightening…

Impac said that while it sells production, it is now retaining more than 80.0 percent of its mortgage servicing rights.

Rob Branthover, a managing director at Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp., noted that purchase-mortgage originators are doing well…

Fannie Mae recently updated its loan production estimates. The GSE projects $1.78 trillion in originations this year and $1.55 trillion next year.

The securitization rate for adjustable-rate mortgages has declined significantly in the past year, according to an analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Some 11.4 percent of ARMs originated in the first quarter of 2016 were included in mortgage-backed securities, down from 20.1 percent in the first quarter of 2015. When ARMs make it into MBS, it’s generally in securities from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae. The vast majority of non-agency ... [Includes two data charts]