The integrated disclosure rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to shake up the mortgage industry months before it even takes effect. Particularly unsettled are settlement agents, who hope they continue to stay relevant in the new world of mortgage originations, but fear their role will be diminished if not rendered obsolete. “The lender is ceding less authority to the closing agent but they are still letting them close the transactions with greater supervision,” said one industry insider. “Could that change? There is a fear it might, but that is not how it is now.” Joseph Ventrone, vice president for regulatory and industry relations at the National Association of Realtors, put...

Residential originations for the group fell 45.7 percent from 2013, indicating that profit margins shrank slightly more than production volume.

According to a March forecast, Fannie Mae estimates that $1.239 trillion of residential loans will be funded this year.

Former Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd testified Tuesday in a civil trial over losses the GSE suffered on nonprime MBS...

Mid-range credit scores – from 700 to 739 – accounted for 21.3 percent of Fannie and Freddie business last year.

ICBA also suggested extending QM exceptions to more community banks by raising the threshold number of loans small lenders can originate each year.

Reliance recently was approved for credit by a Wall Street wholesale lender that does 10 percent down, no-mortgage insurance loans...

In some cities, future price gains may be hard to come by, especially if home flippers and investors bolt.

Meanwhile, according to interviews conducted by IMFnews with certain warehouse consultants, profits have been quite good during the first quarter...

Mortgage companies repurchased or provided indemnification to Fannie and Freddie on some $4.046 billion of mortgages during 2014.