At Flagstar, refinances accounted for 57.6 percent of originations compared to 54.2 percent in the second quarter.

But there is one caveat: The VA sector is one business from which banks are not yet running away from…

“Agency MBS prepayment speeds slowed in September, but they still hover near the multi-year highs reached last month,” according to a report from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

With rates creeping up, more MSR packages should hit the auction block…

Some loan brokers we spoke with were skeptical about the RE/MAX concept...

Back in May, the reading for first-time homebuyers was 40.4 percent.

Since Genworth is a counter-party to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the GSEs must approve the change of control as well.

CBO’s comments were contained in a report that takes a “what if” approach to allowing Fannie and Freddie to retain as much as $5 billion of capital a year for 10 years...

Jumbo lending has a much more retail focus: the vast majority of loans are originated for portfolio or, in the case of non-depositories, sale to a bank or other portfolio investor.

Freddie said the revised suite is “designed to take costs out of the loan origination process.”