Critics argue that community banks and small credit unions are vulnerable to rules designed for large lenders. Also, if Fannie and Freddie exit conservatorship, many of the guardrails protecting small lenders could vanish.

Incenter Mortgage Advisors is known mostly as a servicing broker and whole loan trader, but through an affiliate it wants to help nonbank mortgage firms tap the student loan market. Will it fly?

Applications are down but not dramatically so. Also, UWM’s CEO sees opportunities in the M&A binge, namely the ability to recruit some top-flight talent who might be left without a home.

Two months after buying AmeriHome Mortgage, WAB is carving up its massive servicing portfolio and selling chunks to the highest bidder. What’s going on? Profits, for one.

Bulk servicing sales are beginning to catch fire. Credit: rising rates and slower prepayment speeds. Moreover, dealmakers anticipate a red-hot third quarter for transactions.

The fund provides grants to help struggling borrowers cover mortgage payments, loan modifications and housing expenses.

No one really thought the GOS readings of the past year would last, right? Meanwhile, Guild Mortgage rises above the pack.

Mortgage performance improved, thanks to a healing economy and federal stimulus. Still, delinquencies and forbearance rates remain high. (Includes data chart.)

Some investors in mortgage equities are putting their money to work elsewhere, but that hasn’t stopped fintech lender Better.com from entering into a SPAC/IPO maneuver. Launch time: the fall of 2021.

The fastest-growing segment of the servicing market included companies ranking sixth through 25th in total servicing. Nonbanks gained ground while depositories fell back. (Includes two data charts.