Over half (51.1 percent) of VA loans securitized through Ginnie MBS in the first quarter of 2016 were retail originations, but only 39.1 percent of FHA loans came through that channel.

The market did not react kindly to Five Oaks' earnings news. At one point in trading, its share price was down 13 percent on the day.

Mortgage brokerage firms added 200 workers during March. Employment in the sector now stands at 80,400 positions.

Recent studies suggest reduced pricing and declining costs have given conventional mortgages with private MI an edge over FHA in the battle for high-quality borrowers...

Stonegate’s results were affected by declining interest rates, a plague that has marred the performance of residential servicers from coast to coast...

goodmortgage.com will be operated as a division of FGMC and run as a “dba.”

“To hedge, or not to hedge” sounds like something William Shakespeare might have written if he were around today making mortgages...

Altisource Residential plans to recycle NPL money into investments of “pools of stabilized rental homes at attractive yields.”

Is there a future for “marketplace” lenders in mortgage banking? Opinions can differ…

Caliber Home Loans recently loosened the standards for one of its non-qualified mortgage products. The lender’s “Fresh Start” mortgage now allows loan-to-value ratios up to 85.0 percent, up from 80.0 percent. And private mortgage insurance isn’t...[Includes five briefs]