Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-SJ1 is the first post-crisis non-agency MBS backed by second liens to receive a credit rating.

Mulvaney has a reputation of being pro-business. Is it possible he might turn the name-change ship around to save American companies $300 million?

OCC examiners noted greater use of asset dissipation underwriting, a practice used to qualify borrowers using a “hypothetical income stream from their asset liquidation rather than debt-to-income ratios.”

Commitment levels are decent, but nonbanks just aren’t using the lines they’ve been granted.

Under the watch of President George H.W. Bush, S&Ls were re-regulated and given a core housing mission.

Bank investment in ABS backed by commercial and industrial loans grew by 30.6 percent from the midway point in the year.

Mortgage recruiter Rick Glass: "Expenses are simply out of alignment. Many shops are telling me they have no more room."

Did CNBC's Jim Cramer do any research on the mortgage industry before he opened his mouth?

Federal regulators last week proposed a significant expansion in the number of non-agency mortgages that will not need a full appraisal. Currently, non-agency mortgages with loan balances of less than $250,000 don’t need an appraisal if originated by a bank. The regulators proposed increasing the threshold to $400,000. Mortgages below the appraisal threshold still require an evaluation, just not a full appraisal. Banking regulators said the proposal is an effort to reduce ...

The FHA has announced plans to improve the web-based system lenders use to submit appraisal reports to the agency.