Wells Fargo and housing finance trade groups expressed support for expanding access to streamlined refinances and easing barriers to forbearance options for financially struggling consumers.

Retail lending led the mortgage market to lower production volume in the third quarter as rates stayed stubbornly high and companies moved to cut overhead. (Includes six data charts.)

UWM is offering a one-year price break of up to 300 basis points for mortgage borrowers. A price war? That’s how some in the industry view it. Note: Price wars have been known to end badly. 

Blank-check company Aurora Acquisition Corp. issued a new 10-K mid-month, saying little about its merger partner Better.com. 

In a new supervisory roundup, the bureau cited mortgage companies for violating loan originator compensation rules and charging payment-method convenience fees. 

The relationship between waivers and prepayments began to decline in April 2021, as the refinance wave cooled.

Thousands of mortgage workers have been handed pink slips this year as companies move to cut costs. But it appears many shops aren’t telling the states, as required by law. Is there a rational explanation?

Despite significant erosion in conventional-conforming and jumbo lending in the third quarter, a few shops managed to boost originations. FHA/VA lending was relatively safer. (Includes two data charts.)

Mat Ishbia’s UWM now has bragging rights to being the largest home lender in the land. His view on the market: up to 15 more months of tough sledding. As for profit margins, he may have to drive them lower.

After profiting from soaring home prices the past two years, Fannie and Freddie now have to sock away money as residential values begin to decline.