Did CNBC's Jim Cramer do any research on the mortgage industry before he opened his mouth?

The spread between interest rates for qualified mortgages and similar non-QMs has narrowed somewhat this year. The lower premium placed on non-QMs suggests that lenders are getting more comfortable with the liability associated with the loans. The findings were detailed recently by two economists at the Federal Reserve who had access to loan-level data from Optimal Blue. The data comprised loan applications and mortgage locks from January 2013 through September 2018 ...

President Trump nominated Kraninger in June…

“We’ve seen a number of new CIDs issued by the CFPB,” said Ben Olson, a partner at Buckley Sandler.

Performance of ABS backed by credit-card receivables remained strong in the third quarter of 2018 despite rising consumer-debt levels, according to an update from Moody’s Investors Service.

Joseph Otting would not be the permanent director but would be a place-holder until...

At one time, Date headed Ethos Lending, a non-QM lending affiliate of Fenway.

At HUD, staffing levels have dropped almost 50 percent since 1991. From 2008 to 2017, HUD lost 18.5 percent of its full-time permanent staff, the highest staffing loss among any cabinet-level agency…

One warehouse chief even suggested that in 1Q19, as many as 70 percent of nonbanks will lose money before the spring homebuying season kicks in.

“With the turmoil at the CFPB, states are feeling that they have to fill the void,” said Daniel Suvor, counsel at O’Melveny & Myers…