Formed in 2014, LH originated $598 million in 2016, ranking 442nd overall, according to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.

PMP was founded by former Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig and mortgage industry veteran Bruce Witherell…

Redwood’s Choice loan program allows for debt-to-income ratios of up to 49.9 percent while the limit for Select is 43.0 percent…

The nonprime MBS category includes some deals better categorized as Alt A…

Stearns, however, doesn’t service any mortgages for SoFi…

Morningstar said the company’s underwriting process, quality control and compliance functions were factors in the rankings…

A large nonbank is about to enter the second-lien market...

The bright spot was the prime jumbo MBS market where some $2.97 billion of new bonds were issued during the third quarter…

Meanwhile, one detail about the capital buffer falling to zero remains unclear: On Jan. 1 will every single penny of the $600 million (at each) be carted away?

Issuance of prime non-agency mortgage-backed securities increased by more than 50.0 percent from the second quarter to the third, while activity in the nonprime MBS market slowed, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Some $2.97 billion of prime non-agency MBS was issued in the third quarter, up 58.1 percent from the previous period. The deals were largely backed by jumbo mortgages, along with some loans ... [Includes one data chart]