For years, TransUnion has worked to get mortgage lenders and the GSEs to adopt VantageScore, a move that is still under consideration, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Through the first nine months of 2016 the HECM volume leaders were American Advisors Group, One Reverse Mortgage and Reverse Mortgage Funding.

Citadel now has offices in California, Georgia, Oregon and plans to open an underwriting and transaction location in Salt Lake City soon.

Will the leaked memo lead to confirmation problems for Mnuchin, a Goldman Sachs and Wall Street alumni? Probably not...

The nation’s top three ARM producers are: JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America…

The agency said 108,875 homeowners avoided foreclosure after seeking assistance from a HUD housing counselor.

Consultant Joe Garrett notes: “It’s a very small club of mortgage bankers who’ve bought banks…”

With the purchase now complete, there are just six MI firms in the U.S.

When the housing recession was in its early years, negative equity was most pronounced in a handful of Southwestern and Southeastern markets...

With rates rising (and staying that way, for now) mortgage M&A is expected to pick up steam in the coming months...