Still, lenders and servicers that fail to comply with the established legal framework run the risk of an unenforceable e-note…

Since Fairholme filed its “takings” case the government, Uncle Sam has turned over 48,000 documents totaling more than 500,000 pages.

The agency share of total jumbo production reached its highest level in 2009 and 2010, immediately after “emergency” high-cost loan limits were put in place…

JPMorgan said 50 investors bought into the bank’s latest jumbo MBS. Typically, 20 to 30 buyers line up…

Four mortgages from First Republic Bank were subject to limited reviews that didn’t include checks for compliance with TRID.

Just three depositories ranked among the top 15 issuers for February…

Redwood officials note that in recent months pricing for jumbo MBS has been stronger than the bid for whole loan sales…

Ginnie Mae production fell substantially in February from January as the government-insured lending market continued to lose steam in the first quarter of 2017. Ginnie mortgage-backed securities issuance fell 24.0 percent from January as fewer purchase and refinance loans were pooled for securitization, bringing February’s total issuance to just $32.2 billion. Year-over-year Ginnie MBS issuance, on the other hand, increased by 6.2 percent. The government-insured market set an all-time record of $545.0 billion in originations during 2016, a whopping 31.0 percent jump from the previous year. That total eclipsed previous records for originations of FHA, VA and rural housing loans guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to data compiled by affiliate Inside Mortgage Finance. In addition, government-insured lending accounted for a record ... [ 3 charts ]

Issuance of non-agency MBS backed by new originations continues to be limited…

Earlier this week, Flagstar closed on its purchase of the correspondent lending platform of Stearns Lending – a rare transaction where a depository was buying a key mortgage asset from a nonbank.