The eight nonbanks – including the top publicly traded firms that rank high in originations, servicing or both – posted a combined $40.5 million in mortgage-banking income during the first quarter.

Last year loanDepot bought Mortgage Master, Walpole, MA, one of the largest home lenders in New England.

VA originations by state-licensed lenders rose 14.5 percent from 2013 to 2014.

The FHLBs and Office of Finance must now be more specific and include descriptions of their outreach activities in regard to minorities and women.

Fidelity, a market leader in title insurance, has a market capitalization rate of $10.6 billion and is headed by William Foley, age 70, who has a history of spinning off companies.

Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie all posted solid gains in volume during April, but Ginnie had the strongest increase with issuance rising more than 32 percent…

Many shops continue to recruit for LOs but with the caveat they have strong ties to Realtors and homebuilders.

Industry attorneys noted there has been a resurgence in redlining cases since the mortgage market unraveled in 2007...

One advisor reminded us that in the world mortgage M&A many potential deals go south...

Researchers at the Urban Institute found that, although the percentage of first-time homebuyers increased from 2011 to 2014, the national share of first-time homebuyers in the agency mortgage market fell from 57 percent in 2011 to just 54 percent last year. Researchers Bing Bai, Jun Zhu and Laurie Goodman, director of the Housing Finance policy center at the Urban Institute, attributed the change to a decline in FHA’s market share. From 2001 to 2003 ... [Includes one data chart]