Although overall MBS volume was down, lenders delivered a healthy $115.16 billion of purchase-money mortgages to the GSEs during the third quarter.

Like many banks that have had run-ins with the DOJ and HUD IG, Fifth Third's FHA volume has fallen dramatically.

In general, IBM has rarely talked to the media about Seterus and its contract with the government-sponsored enterprise, or much else, for that matter.

It appears that lenders were encouraging their loan officers to get applications in before the Oct. 3 implementation of the new RESPA-TILA integrated disclosure rule.

When the news broke about Stonegate this past summer, FBR issued a note to its clients saying that, “We expect the company has two options: hire a replacement CEO quickly, or sell the business altogether.”

Roughly 45 percent of FHA-insured, first-lien purchase mortgages had annual percentage rates in excess of the reporting threshold...

The former CFPB official said non-W-2 borrowers – like the self-employed, retirees and people with seasonal income – account for 30 to 40 percent of applicants for jumbo mortgages...

According to the offering circular, the collateral resides in all 50 states with Ohio having the highest chunk at a mere 8.1 percent.

Not only are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spending more money than they were a few years ago, but their proposed budgets are being submitted late, says the IG.

HLSS also misstated its net income in 2012, 2013 and the first quarter of 2014.