With rates rising (and staying that way, for now) mortgage M&A is expected to pick up steam in the coming months...

But if you think that Wells Fargo will pull a “BofA” and quietly downshift its presence in mortgages, think again.

The index estimates the level of defects detected in loan applications processed by the First American FraudGuard system.

Wells Fargo, for example, reported that 90.7 percent of its third-quarter jumbo originations came through the retail channel…

Rising interest rates are good for MI stocks because it translates into greater “persistency…”

JPMorgan Chase was the only firm that saw a decline in production-related revenue during the third quarter…

This year, fundings could reach upwards of $2.00 trillion based on activity through the first nine months of the year.

Excluding legacy-related buybacks, total GSE seller repurchases would have been down 9.9 percent…

Other loan types also generally showed improved closing times.

“Home prices cannot rise faster than incomes and inflation indefinitely.” – David Blitzer, managing director of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones.