Redwood Trust grew its non-agency holdings by an impressive 38 percent…

Issuance is increasing across various asset sectors, with many sponsors reporting improved pricing and growing interest from investors…

A few years back, Pinto and AEI unveiled a new mortgage product called the Wealth Building Home Loan, which was intended to provide an affordable mortgage option for low- and middle-income borrowers.

Ocwen disclosed this warning: “Non-compliance with the laws and regulations of India or the Philippines could result in restrictions on our operations in these countries, fines, penalties or sanctions or reputational damage.”

Both publicly traded nonbanks have struggled with profitability the past four years – but for different reasons.

Wells Fargo serviced $287.5 billion of jumbo mortgages as of Dec. 31, ranking first overall…

Expanded-credit MBS issuance could top $12 billion this year…

Vanderbilt of Maryville, TN, is known mostly for its role as a financier of manufactured and modular homes.

AO managing partner Steven Schwalb sees the non-QM market growing to over $100 billion in the coming years…

FHA and VA single-family originations fell in the fourth quarter of 2017 due to a decline in purchase mortgage originations that was offset somewhat by an increase in refinance business. FHA endorsed $237.3 billion in forward single-family mortgages in 2017 notwithstanding an 11.9 percent drop in the fourth quarter. FHA production also dropped 7.1 percent year-over-year. Market observers attributed the decline in FHA originations to high mortgage insurance premiums, stiffer competition from private lenders’ low-downpayment programs, and a more aggressive conventional-conforming mortgage market. A new analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance also found that government-backed lending and the jumbo market saw the biggest production declines from the prior quarter. In particular, IMF’s research found that FHA, VA and U.S. Department of Agriculture rural-housing originations fell ... [Charts]