Mortgage firms providing collateral for the new EC MBS include Fairway Mortgage, Guild Mortgage, PrimeLending and others…

The differences are tied to how the rating services define full documentation.

Mortgage lenders generated an estimated $54.0 billion of new home-equity loans during the second quarter, up 18.7 percent…

Home-equity lending accelerated in the second quarter of 2018, although the outstanding supply of home-equity lines of credit and closed-end seconds continued on its years-long downward trajectory, a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis reveals. [Includes three data charts.]

Silvergate Bank is actively providing warehouse lines of credit to non-QM lenders and we understand that Comerica is now sticking its toe in the water…

Flagstar Bank and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing had significant increases in their jumbo servicing portfolios over the past year…

As one source put it: “Blackstone wants you to make it big or you’re gone.”

During the second quarter Redwood deployed $40.0 million in customized financing for nonbanks…

While total jumbo originations among the lenders increased by 37.1 percent on a quarterly basis, correspondent volume was up by 63.7 percent.

Alston & Bird: “We’ve all learned the hard way…”