Meanwhile, the pipeline of issuer applications has dropped dramatically at Ginnie Mae...

Over the past year speculators have placed some heavy bets against certain publicly traded mortgage companies by shorting their stocks, a “trade” that could be petering out as investors take their money off the table. According to investors and analysts who track companies such as Nationstar Mortgage, Ocwen Financial and Walter Investment Management, the share price of all three has fallen so dramatically that the days of easy profits are over. Ocwen, for example, presently trades...[Includes one data table]

Notice of the final order on PHH sent the nonbank’s share price tumbling four percent at one point. Regulators say the MI kickback scheme started as early as 1995.

If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were privatized, they would likely have to increase their capital from current levels and face increased borrowing costs.

The average closing time for a VA mortgage was 41 days, a reading taken in as of March of this year. A year ago it was 39 days.

Chuck Klein, managing director for Mortgage Banking Solutions, agrees that most of the coming M&A activity will center on small- and medium-sized shops.

The reassurance on TRID was given Wednesday morning to Richard Hunt, president and CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association...

The findings were based on results supplied by 359 residential originators.

Not only is the FHFA scrutinizing lender-paid mortgage insurance products, but the agency might require higher capital standards...

Portfolio holdings of mortgages also have increased at a faster rate for smaller banks than larger ones.