The fear is that loan pricing will be worse and loan-to-value ratios will be more restrictive.

The VA share of new loan applications improved to 13.0 percent from 12.1 percent the week prior.

UWM is beginning to see some of its competitors pick up their game...

Senior-level mortgage executives are in demand these days, according to one recruiter...

Redwood is working to increase investments in first-loss risk on loan pools delivered to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

On the production front, Walter’s Ditech unit reported $4.8 billion of new originations, a 3.4 percent drop compared to 1Q16.

The 22 regional banks fared a lot better, reporting a combined $903.5 million of mortgage-banking income…

If you’re a multifamily lender, the future looks bright with record production expected for 2016.

Banks reported a drop in mortgage-banking income during the second quarter of 2016, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of earnings reports from 26 major public companies. But virtually all of the decline came from the four too-big-to-fail banks with over $1 trillion in assets, while regionals posted a substantial increase in mortgage-banking profits. As a group, the 26 banks earned $3.12 billion from mortgage banking during ... [Includes one data chart]

Lenders and servicers are seen as prime targets for cyber criminals that focus on Social Security numbers and bank accounts. Bill Beckmann, president and CEO of MERSCORP, said, “There’s almost nothing more robust” than the information mortgage companies have regarding individual borrowers. Beckmann and Mitch Tanenbaum, a partner at CyberCecurity, a consultant to financial service companies, addressed cyber security issues facing the mortgage industry ...