To be sure, individual lenders were all over the map in their reported production trends. A handful of top producers reported significant increases from the third quarter, including loanDepot, which was up 13.4 percent…

Jefferies issued two similar rated warehouse-funding securitizations in 2016, totaling $435 million.

Through the first nine months of 2016 – which represents the latest available data – Invitation Homes posted a net loss of $51.6 million, compared to a $121.7 million loss in the same period a year earlier.

In a poll conducted by Inside Mortgage Finance, just 14 percent of respondents said they were against a cut in FHA premiums.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods has an “underperform” rating on Walter’s stock…

Some $157.6 million of interest-only loans were included in prime non-agency MBS issued in the fourth quarter, the highest IO volume since the third quarter of 2015.

The states argue that the current ruling in the PHH case, if permitted to stand, will undermine the power of the Attorneys General to effectively protect consumers…

Thus far, only a $225.75 million nonprime MBS issued by an affiliate of Lone Star Funds in December has received AAA ratings.

At least some factions of the industry are happy about the FHA not cutting premiums, including Ed Pinto of AEI…

Some of the allegations surfaced in a Nov. 2016 letter sent to Congress by a former Wells LO named Frank Chavez...