The Federal Housing Finance Agency “should require the GSEs to be much more transparent in their risk-sharing transactions,” said the Urban Institute in a new report.

Two investment banking firms – Interactive Mortgage Advisors and MountainView Servicing Group – have at least $17 billion (combined) in mortgage servicing rights auctions in the works, a sign that the sector is heating up as the year draws to a close. Several other advisory firms have announced deals in the past few weeks, including The Prestwick Group and Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp. Also, sources contend that investment banker Houlihan Lokey is busy as well, though company officials there declined to comment for this story. Mark Garland, president of MountainView, said...

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“Turn times are slower and processing times are longer,” said David Frase of Southwest Bank.

Black Knight Financial also said that despite the reintroduction of Fannie’s and Freddie’s 97 LTV product, the FHA/VA continues to dominate low downpayment lending.

An estimated $117.1 billion of mortgages exceeding the baseline conforming loan limit of $417,000 were originated during the third quarter.

Moody's said the results suggest that some lenders are having difficulty complying with the new TRID rules, a credit negative...

The TRID rule delays loan closings by at least 11 days at this shop...

Over the past four years, Henig has recruited hundreds of retail loan officers for Mortgage Master, which was sold to loanDepot a year ago.