The megabanks still report broker production in their loan sales figures, but most of the activity involves seasoned loans.

Another post-crisis trend is that the volume of Fannie’s multifamily financing had shrunk more than Freddie’s...

Many lenders reported the pleasant confluence of rising origination volume and stronger gain-on-sale margins.

Underwriting overlays established by lenders also will limit some potential borrowers from purchasing homes in the coming years.

Company CEO Mat Ishbia also believes that the loan broker channel is beginning to gain market share, a sentiment borne out by others in the industry.

Firms hoping that new guaranty fee and loan-level price adjustments promulgated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency might boost the jumbo MBS market were sorely disappointed when the final details were released by the agency late last week. One executive who works for a real estate investment trust that issues jumbos said it’s clear to him that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are continuing to “misprice” their g-fees. He would love...

For the most part, jumbo MBS issuance has been weak (though improving), but the ABS market has been on fire...

Former FHA chief David Stevens said use of the False Claims Act as a “legal sledgehammer will now be tested by one of the highest quality FHA lenders in the nation.”

Impac originated $2.85 billion of loans in 1Q15, a figure that includes production from CashCall.

Most lenders already doing business with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expect to offer the new low-downpayment options available from the government-sponsored enterprises, though few expect to see much pickup in their originations. A new Fannie survey found 81 percent of lenders intend to offer the 97 percent loan-to-value ratio mortgage sometime this year. About 8 percent said they’re not interested and the rest weren’t sure. But of those planning to offer the product, only ...