United Wholesale Mortgage is offering prime jumbo borrowers a 2-1 or 1-0 temporary rate buydown.  Meanwhile, A&D Mortgage announced temporary 3-2-1- and 2-1 rate buydowns.

Depositories grew their first-lien portfolios during the third quarter. JPMorgan was the only bank among the top 10 to report a sequential decline. (Includes data chart.)

Three of the four mortgage securitizations brought to the market this month include large proportions of investment-property loans.

A recent ruling by a California appeals court tied to default interest charges by lenders and servicers could have national implications, according to industry attorneys.

The model will help stakeholders predict prepayments on both their current portfolios and future purchases for both mortgage-backed securities and whole loans.

The NYDFS announces new benchmark to determine subprime threshold; fix-and-flip activity on the downtrend.

If lenders want to set themselves apart in an increasingly competitive purchase market, they will have to become experts in the non-QM space, according to officials at Deephaven Mortgage.

Nonprime servicing portfolios increased by 1.7% in the third quarter and 7.5% year-over-year. Only three of the top-10 players in the sector saw volumes decline from the second to the third quarter. (Includes data chart.

The partnership will allow CrossCountry Mortgage to grow its non-qualified mortgage originations. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

The adjustable-rate mortgage share of total production increased slightly in the third quarter, even though originations of the product drastically declined. (Includes data chart.)