An estimated $46 billion in ARMs were originated in the first quarter of 2016, down 2.1 percent from the previous quarter…

Most observers believe the UGC IPO will happen – it’s just a matter of when. Maybe in September?

According to KBR, falling rates trimmed MSR values by roughly 6 percent.

Approximately 30 percent of survey respondents aged 18 to 29 said they would put off buying a house because of the burden of student loan debt, according to study done last year by Black Knight Financial services.

The new bill signed by President Obama should make condo lending a little easier...

Impac said that while it sells production, it is now retaining more than 80.0 percent of its mortgage servicing rights.

Lenders originating agency mortgages are seeing plenty of demand in the secondary market, according to panelists at the California Mortgage Bankers Association’s Western Secondary Market Conference this week in San Francisco. “Capital is searching for a home,” said Rob Branthover, a managing director at Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp. He noted that many investors are focusing on agency mortgages. Mike Duncan, a senior hedge manager at Compass Analytics, said...

Troubled waters are ahead for mortgage servicers as 12 of the 27 largest rated shops experienced portfolio declines in the first quarter of 2016, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch data showed modest portfolio declines for the five banks and seven nonbanks, ranging from less than 1 percent to a little more than 6 percent. Nonbanks, totaling 17, outnumbered the banks. Statebridge Co. experienced...

Rob Branthover, a managing director at Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp., noted that purchase-mortgage originators are doing well…

Fannie Mae recently updated its loan production estimates. The GSE projects $1.78 trillion in originations this year and $1.55 trillion next year.