Jumbo mortgage production was up 9.6 percent in the third quarter, a slightly faster growth rate than the 8.8 percent increase in first-lien originations during that period, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.

The conforming loan limit for one-unit properties in 2018 will be $453,100, according to an an-nouncement this week by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The limit for mortgages eligible to be delivered to the government-sponsored enterprises increased by 6.8 percent from the current limit.

As the calendar winds down on 2017, staffers for Sens. Robert Corker, R-TN, and Mark Warner, D-VA, are busy working on housing-finance reform legislation, showing their progress, thus far, to a small group of industry insiders, Inside Mortgage Finance has learned.

Some $25.94 billion of the industry-wide increase was booked by the three largest bank MBS investors…

Come Jan. 1, rates may spike thanks to zero GSE capital...

In high-cost areas, the GSE loan limit will increase to $679,650...

As press time, details were sketchy, but lobbyists who claim to have knowledge of the draft caution there are several “different pieces” to the measure...

The Fannie/Freddie receivables would come primarily from California, Florida and Texas.

This most-risky bucket accounted for just 2.6 percent of refi business in the third quarter...

Celini also worked for Sun National and Ally Bank, formerly known as GMAC Bank…