There have been scattered reports that some lenders and brokers are still chasing quick-turn refis aided by secondary market investors offering to buy and securitize those loans.

SFIG’s said its RMBS 3.0 task force will be holding calls during the next two weeks to discuss ongoing work in the latest areas of focus…

Although 2017 is expected to be a down year for originations, Freedom Mortgage – already a top-10 ranked lender – is poised for growth via mergers and acquisitions and is pondering deals for both servicing rights and other shops. Company CEO and founder Stanley Middleman told Inside Mortgage Finance bluntly: “We’re shopping.” Although Middleman declined to name any targets, he said...

The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering possible solutions, including new regulation or policy changes, to address the ongoing problem of aggressive refinancing of VA purchase loans. Certain lenders and mortgage brokers apparently are still soliciting VA purchase loans for streamline refinancing despite Ginnie Mae’s effort to stop the practice and help mortgage-securities investors get full return on their investments. Ginnie Mae issued...

The CSP project comes with a cost: roughly $454 million has been spent so far...

CEO Mark Filler said FoAC is now offering fix-and-flip loans as cheaply as 6.99 percent…

Calabria joined the Trump administration from the conservative Cato Institute and is no fan of the GSEs...

Although JPMorgan/Chase was the market leader, it is now mostly out of the sector…

Mortgage brokers earned their biggest market share in the Ginnie Mae sector…

Bayview issued two similar MBS last year, totaling $467.18 million…