Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie issued a combined $138.25 billion of single-family MBS in August, their strongest aggregate monthly output since July 2013.

And one big no-no, the consulting firm points out, would entail the new owner making substantive changes to loan officer compensation plans…

Candidate Clinton noted: “But when community banks and credit unions offer mortgages, they’re looking to invest in their neighborhoods and communities to help them grow and prosper…”

From July to August, UWM grew its production by roughly 40 percent, noted company CEO and President Mat Ishbia…

Meanwhile, one mortgage executive told us that earlier in the year Impac approached his shop about a sale. This executive, who did not want his company identified, turned Impac down…

-The average credit score for purchase mortgages securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae during the second quarter was 722.8, down a few points from the first quarter.

UI’s Laurie Goodman said borrowers who took out mortgages in the past five years are better at paying their mortgages than any other group of mortgage borrowers in history.

Ocwen had a 24.2 percent error rate on a metric involving the timeliness of force-placed insurance notices, well above the 5.0 percent error rate allowed under the settlement…

The largest chunk of collateral is located in Florida at 29.6 percent. Maryland is a distant second at 15.3 percent.

In the fourth quarter of last year, Walter/Ditech made a decision to exit the consumer retail channel, selling branches where possible and laying off staff.