Michael Fratantoni, chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association, said the GSEs’ back-end risk-sharing deals do not represent the type of reform most industry participants would like to see.

The fear for MI firms, and the analysts who cover them, is that another cut in the MIP would eat into policies that might be written by the private mortgage insurance sector.

Some observers believe the CFPB is questioning whether certain LOS vendors are qualified to serve the industry, fearing a potential crackdown on such companies.

Investors that buy homes accounted for 15.2 percent of purchasers in September, based on a three-month moving average.

Due diligence vendor The StoneHill Group is in a hiring mode...

Yet, here’s loanDepot, a firm launched just five years ago by industry veteran Anthony Hsieh, filing its S-1 statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission…

Consumer belly-aching about mortgage servicing is down, too, but not quite as much: 12.0 percent quarter-over-quarter and 2.5 percent year-over-year.

The reason for the forecast hike? Answer: a strong job market and more supply coming on the market.

In all likelihood, the FHA could be looking at more than $200 billion in total originations this year, Brian Chappelle predicted.

One of Fannie’s and Freddie’s reputed “sins” was donating large sums of money to politicians who, in turn, ran interference for them on Capitol Hill...