Although the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a “clarifying” letter on errors tied to the so-called TRID integrated disclosure rule, deep concerns remain among originators that fund non-agency product for sale into the secondary market. Moreover, according to interviews conducted by Inside Mortgage Finance over the past week, some nonbank lenders are seeing noticeable increases in origination costs because loans are taking longer to close and therefore remain on warehouse lines for an extended period of time. Because nonbanks fund almost all of their production using warehouse credit, the implication boils down...

Chase’s nine-month USDA volume translated into a 31.0 percent market share.

This CEO called the letter a "godsend."

The receivables are dominated by Texas collateral at almost 62 percent.

Introduced in Sept. 2015, fundings of loanDepot home equity loan products have nearly doubled every month since launch...

Overall, Ginnie securitization of FHA and VA purchase loans increased by 37.7 percent and 37.9 percent, respectively, during the third quarter, according to Inside Mortgage Finance’s database.

The Two Harbor deal ends a span of 31 days without a presale report for a new non-agency security.

Nine firms issued jumbo MBS in 2015 and JPMorgan Chase was the top issuer for the second year in a row.

A strong first half of 2015 helped the issuance of jumbo mortgage-backed securities top the volume seen in 2014, according to a new analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. But as the year progressed, issuance slowed and industry analysts don’t expect much of an increase in volume in 2016. Some $12.08 billion in jumbo MBS were issued in 2015, up 25.4 percent compared with 2014 but not enough to match the $13.12 billion in 2013 issuance. And jumbo MBS activity ... [Includes one data chart]

Nationstar Mortgage is laying the ground work for a huge debt sale. But what will it use the money for?