Sales-to-list price ratios on non-distressed properties increased for the seventh consecutive month in July to 98 percent, according to new research from the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey.

As feared by the residential finance industry, an increase in upfront mortgage insurance premiums is hurting participation in the FHA program by first-time buyers.

On a combined basis, the nine lender/servicers tracked by Inside Mortgage Trends generated $243 billion in single-family mortgages during the second quarter, a little less than half the entire market.

S&P has been the top non-agency MBS rating agency over the years but DBRS captured the title in 2012 with 55 percent of rated transactions, according to Inside MBS & ABS.

Mortgage brokers are continuing to lose market share, but the decline could be temporary, especially if the megabanks run out of refis.

Okay, so banking regulators have blown multiple Dodd-Frank rule making deadlines. But for now the QM rule is on track. Right?

Combined with the 15 companies that previously reported earnings, mortgage banking income jumped 10 percent in the second quarter, to $7.51 billion.

Fitch has determined that loans originated through a direct retail channel have a lower default risk than those originated through brokers or correspondents.

According to Inside Mortgage Finance, Bank of America has the highest delinquency rate among the nation’s megabanks.

Both sides of the mortgage banking business posted modest gains in profitability during the second quarter of 2013, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Trends of earnings reports from nine lenders. The group reported a total of $4.34 billion in production-related income during the second quarter, up 2.8 percent from the first three months of the year. That’s a relatively strong showing given that their total origination volume increased by just 0.7 percent ... [Includes one data chart]