At the very least, MI firms must have $400 million in capital, and $500 million if the company is start-up mortgage insurer.

Marc Savitt, president of the National Association of Independent Housing Professionals, said he is seeing more lenders entering the wholesale channel. Most are nonbanks.

Non-QM origination volume could rise above $400 billion a year if the GSEs are no longer in conservatorship. Of course, Fannie and Freddie are nowhere close to doing that...

Impac anticipates that 90 percent of its non-QM volume will come through the correspondent and broker channels.

Over the past six months, many nonbanks have moved to sell MSRs as a way to remain cash flow positive in a tough origination market.

“Under the proposed amendment, lenders who pursue these deceptive practices may receive a safe harbor for these transactions,” the CSBS said.

An early analysis of second quarter loan level data suggests that residential originations were a little better in the April to June time-frame than some might believe. See this website on Thursday for more information…

Bank of America is the mortgage complaint king with 38,098 official gripes filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

All of the loans that were not reviewed were originated by First Republic Bank. The rating agencies indicated they are comfortable with the lender’s underwriting process.

Will PHH sell its mortgage division this year? Don't bet on it. But it will spend millions on a company restructuring.