The interim guidelines modify three key areas where lender-complaints have been common, including a revision to the calculation of the owner-occupancy ratio.

A handful of hedge funds were salivating at the prospect of shorting loanDepot's stock...

“I didn’t see any bold, new assertions in here,” said one legal source. “I think the CFPB has its theory and they’re sticking to it…”

The third-quarter figure was the largest new insurance written total for the industry since 1Q 2008, when private MIs booked $72.17 billion of new coverage.

It's unclear how the Indianapolis-based Stonegate will compensate for the anticipated loss in originations once it closes the 47 branches.

Over the past 12 months, Florida had the highest number of completed foreclosures at 91,000.

The last nonbank mortgage lender to go public was Stonegate Mortgage, which brought its IPO to market two years ago.

Although the home foreclosure inventory is falling compared to a year ago, some metropolitan areas are seeing an increase in new filings, including Atlantic City.

On Thursday, Inside Mortgage Finance quoted one source as saying loanDepot’s valuation is “a bit aggressive.”

Mortgage lenders now have to be careful about how they draft an MSA, even if the industry’s preexisting forms are mostly similar from one law firm to another.