The nation’s megabanks reported fairly strong mortgage earnings during the second quarter thanks to a jump in new originations, robust servicing revenue and expense cuts. If the results reported by Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup are any indication, the industry may be rebounding from a rough stretch in late 2013 and early 2014. But the first quarter of this year was so bad – and originations so weak – that lenders had no place to go but up. Larry Charbonneau, a warehouse lending analyst, said...

Year-to-date MBS issuance by Fannie and Freddie was down 60.9 percent from the first half of 2013.

Ocwen's consumer council will consider issues such as principal reduction loan modifications, reducing urban blight, helping minorities and improving language access to borrowers with limited English proficiency.

Residential loan production is looking up at Bank of America. But can it last?

Morgan Stanley’s regulatory action plan supplements the firm’s global risk-management program for third-party servicers, which is currently in place.

Analysts at Wells Fargo Securities believe there could be a huge downside to owning shares of Nationstar and Walter Investment.

MGIC is operating with each GSE as an eligible insurer under a remediation plan. In trading Wednesday, its share price was down 9 percent…

Is Jamie Dimon mad at the FHA? Tuesday morning he told analysts that "the real question" is whether the bank should be in the FHA business at all.

Mortgage firms are concerned they may be sanctioned or penalized if they make a mistake, but the FHA at this time likely will not take any action because the system is so new.

“If the cap is 2.75 percent, it doesn’t leave much, but you have to keep in mind that the lender is building ‘everything else’ into the note rate,” said Marc Savitt.