Profits (and profitability) drive the decision to sell a mortgage company. Several lender/servicers are at an inflection point or soon will be. In sum, the rest of 2021 should be interesting.

Many lenders have increased their GSE loan limits nearly three months before new official limits come into play. Originating the loans, though, between now and the end of the year isn’t going to be as simple as lenders think.

In the wake of a messy lawsuit filed by a former top official, loanDepot’s staff has been the target of recruitment efforts. Should we be surprised?

By adding deferred payments to the end of the mortgage, the bank may be double-charging borrowers for the principal payments.

JPM upped its MSR portfolio by roughly $45 billion in 3Q21. Good thing because the asset is rising in value. Will other commercial banks follow suit?

There’s no uniformity in how states are handling workplace requirements for mortgage companies during the pandemic. Industry participants are calling for the ability to work from home to be a permanent option.

An FHFA-OIG report suggests underwriting for the current wave of cash-out refinances is much better than in previous cycles.

No one ever said becoming a public company was easy, but a new public filing related to Better.com’s plans reveals some of the roadblocks that lie ahead. Will investors take note?

The decline in mortgage origination from the first to the second quarter hit nonbanks harder, but the industry still accounted for 70% of production by the top 100 lenders. (Includes two data charts.)

Remember the government’s Paycheck Protection Program? Mortgage bankers took some of the money and then posted record earnings.