Although BLS reported declines, recent interviews conducted by IMFnews suggest that some nondepositories are in a hiring mode this spring, especially for retail loan officers.

U.S. Military Personnel Continue to Report Problems With Their Mortgages. Complaints to the CFPB from American military personnel about their mortgages rose 10 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to a recent report from the bureau. The good news for mortgage lenders is that total complaints about their operations – roughly 9,900 – were less than half of the total generated by debt collection practices, which came to about 20,500. ... FHFA Wants Public Input on National Mortgage Borrower Survey. The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking public comments about the American Survey of Mortgage Borrowers, an information collection effort otherwise known as the National Survey of Existing Mortgage Borrowers. ...

Fact: The Mortgage Metrics report for the third quarter of 2015 was 66 pages while the most recent issue was slashed to just 14 pages.

The MI industry’s future also hinges on Fannie and Freddie, which by statute must have MI coverage on the high loan-to-value ratio mortgages they buy.

The HECM loss mitigation option is available if there is no indication that the borrower vacated the property or if he or she is attempting to make payments on the amounts due.

Bank of America ranked second in home equity holdings with $125.69 billion.

Much of the collateral is based in the Western U.S.

Among the secondary market investors buying loans from WJB was JPMorgan Chase, sources said…

The clock is ticking on Fannie/Freddie capital going to zero. To some, this proposal restarts the GSE "conversation..."

In particular, gain-on-sale margins could be quite healthy.