Correspondent originators and mortgage brokers continued to churn out relatively more purchase mortgages than retail lenders during the fourth quarter of 2015, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of agency loan-level data. Some 34.6 percent of single-family loans securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae during the final three months of last year were originated by correspondent lenders. And 69.1 percent of those loans ... [Includes one data chart]

Also, the agency servicing market has continued to become less top-heavy.

Ocwen, in particular, will need to tell investors exactly how they plan to become a top-10 originator, something that seems like a long shot right now...

Rumors of a large layoff at Redwood first broke Monday...

Jumbo MBS issuers are not required to identify lenders that contribute less than 5.0 percent of the loans to any particular deal.

Where Realtors were once the first source of information for homebuyers, increasingly independent mortgage lenders are attempting to provide leads on homes for sale and more...

The mega banked earned $133 million from home lending and servicing in the fourth quarter, a 35 percent decline from 3Q15.

For investors in mortgage stocks, the question becomes: Well, how much will these beaten-down eight come back?

A huge factor in the record-setting year was the 115.5 percent surge in refinance loans securitized in Ginnie MBS.

Prime jumbo MBS issuance rebounded from a soft 2014 with $12.08 billion in issuance, a 25.4 percent gain.