Blackstone has bought at least one nonbank the past year and is eyeing several other acquisitions but has offered no commentary on its plans...

Lenders One, by the way, is looking for a new CEO. Its former chief executive, Jeff McGuiness, left back in June...

At the midway point of 2015, the group’s $8.061 billion in year-to-date mortgage-banking income was up 15.1 percent from the first six months of 2014.

Company CEO Dan Perl said the privately held nonbank has been receiving several applications for loan amounts ranging from $2.1 million to $2.7 million...

Clayton Holdings noted that 75.9 percent of the mortgages were originated via the retail channel with the balance coming through loan brokers.

But only 33.0 percent of California mortgages had primary MI coverage, compared to 46.6 percent for the nation as a whole.

Greystone Servicing Corp. originated all of the 44 notes in the deal.

According to one published report, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering John Coffey as the next superintendent for New York Department of Financial Services.

Potential investors in RoundPoint Mortgage include PIMCO, which so far has spent several million dollars on due diligence and legal costs...

Lenders have slowly loosened underwriting standards since the third quarter of 2013, with the credit expansion largely focused on the agency market, according to a new analysis by the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center. Actions by the government-sponsored enterprises and the FHA to address buyback risk appear to have helped prompt lenders to loosen underwriting standards on agency loans. The HFPC’s credit availability index tracks ...