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…

Flagstar's serviced-for-others portfolio increased to 442,000 loans from 415,000 in 3Q17, but a large chunk of that represents subservicing arrangements.

HomeStreet ranks 41st among all residential lenders, according to Inside Mortgage Finance…

A staggering 15.8 percent of the island commonwealth’s FHA loans were more than 90 days late as of Dec. 31, and another 13.0 percent were 30-90 days in arrears.

Pershing Square plans to cut almost one-fifth of its staff. One of the casualties: Ackman’s personal driver…