Mortgage underwriting standards are relaxing somewhat, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance, particularly as production has shifted from a focus on refinances to purchase mortgages. However, underwriting standards are much more stringent than they were before the financial crisis, with few options available for nonprime borrowers. The average credit score on purchase mortgages included...

Another refi boomlet? One Long Island-based mortgage executive told us this: “Locks doubled from the day before and are up 30 percent over the previous 10 days”…

Ethos Lending, a QM and non-QM lender, is marketing itself to third-party loan officers as the “broker advocate."

New York Law School professor Richard Epstein took issue with Judge Lamberth’s ruling that HERA doesn’t take away any “cognizable property rights.”

Is it that the FHFA doesn't want to take a stand on g-fees because it fears alienating the industry?

More clarity on the matter is expected later this month when Ginnie is set to release new guidance at the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives just wage slaves? And is there something wrong with that?

The watchdog arm of Congress noted that the Treasury hasn’t implemented 6 out of 24 recommendations relating to housing programs funded by the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Quick question: What’s the difference between student loan debt and mortgage debt? One is impossible to extinguish by going through bankruptcy.

The initiative – which is being spearheaded by The Collingwood Group – comes at a time when the share prices of publicly traded mortgage companies have reached new lows.