The REIT noted that Nicholas “led the team that built Redwood’s residential loan and capital markets platforms.”

TRID errors and investor fears are playing a key role in secondary market snafus...

CFPB Director Richard Cordray has pushed back against claims from industry participants that regulations have unduly constricted lending...

In particular, gain-on-sale margins could be quite healthy.

Mortgage deregulation ahead? GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, has tapped former Texas senator Phil Gramm as an economic advisor...

Errors in TRID disclosures on jumbo mortgages played a key role in the recent closure of W.J. Bradley Mortgage, but the privately held nonbank may have had other problems as well, according to industry officials who claim to have intimate knowledge of the company’s operations. A thin capital base is one of those problems. An investor in the company and an investment banking official each told...

An estimated $1.21 trillion of newly-originated home loans were pooled in mortgage securities last year.

Employment and pay prospects are looking up for loan brokers as well.

“Mortgage g-fees should only be used as a buffer against mortgage defaults, not as a piggy-bank for increased government spending,” said NAR chief Salomone.

If stocks tank, look for yet another bond market rally.