As for the FHFA position, several trade group chiefs fear that once Watt departs, the FHFA will be put in the hands of a Mick Mulvaney-type...

Residential lenders funded $1.810 trillion of home mortgages in 2017, beating expectations…

In a statement issued to Inside Mortgage Finance, Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA – a key player in the process – said he is still interested in the topic, noting the panel wants a...

LendingTree’s price-to-earnings ratio is in nose bleed territory and short-sellers smell blood…

The Treasury Department appears to be in agreement with the Federal Housing Finance Agency on objectives for a post-conservatorship housing-finance system, which includes preserving the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and competition in the secondary market.

There could be substantial revisions to some major mortgage-related rulemakings from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the direction of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, such as the ability-to-repay rule and the mortgage servicing rules.

Growth was strongest in the wholesale-broker channel…

The Community Mortgage Lenders of America is also against the concept of guarantors being lenders or having lending affiliates.

In November of last year, Capital One disclosed it would exit the mortgage business, which it entered eight years ago by purchasing Chevy Chase Bank.

Chase Home Finance still held second place in the GSE servicing arena, though its portfolio has been shrinking slightly…