Although 2017 is expected to be a down year for originations, Freedom Mortgage – already a top-10 ranked lender – is poised for growth via mergers and acquisitions and is pondering deals for both servicing rights and other shops. Company CEO and founder Stanley Middleman told Inside Mortgage Finance bluntly: “We’re shopping.” Although Middleman declined to name any targets, he said...

Waiting for a change in the GSE PSPAs is like waiting for Godot...

At the end of 2016, the supply of outstanding home-equity loans fell to $595.4 billion from $607.9 billion the year prior…

There have been scattered reports that some lenders and brokers are still chasing quick-turn refis aided by secondary market investors offering to buy and securitize those loans.

SFIG’s said its RMBS 3.0 task force will be holding calls during the next two weeks to discuss ongoing work in the latest areas of focus…

In early March, Stiles filed notice to sell 11,931 shares of Nationstar common at a price of $18.40 a share or $219,530.

Calabria joined the Trump administration from the conservative Cato Institute and is no fan of the GSEs...

Don’t look now but the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury is now down to 2.40 percent. And just in time for the spring home buying season…

Among the top 10 originators in 2016, Reverse Mortgage Solutions posted the largest annual decline at 64.5 percent. RMS is owned by Walter Investment…

CEO Mark Filler said FoAC is now offering fix-and-flip loans as cheaply as 6.99 percent…