Home lenders funded $500 billion worth of new mortgages in the first quarter, a strong showing, but down 5 percent from the fourth quarter. Quicken Loans had the strongest growth rate among the top 10.

The government is warning mortgage lenders to settle their fair lending cases upfront instead of litigating.

Residential fundings by hard-money lender CALCAP Advisors are on the rise, a bright sign for the sector.

The worst kept secret in the mortgage industry is that a guaranty fee hike is coming. But no one knows when.

EverBank funded $2.9 billion of home mortgages in the first quarter, a bit below one estimate of $3.3 billion.

Republicans in Congress worry about the CFPB collecting too much data on consumers but are their concerns overblown?

Standard and Poor's is fighting back against the federal government in its $5 billion MBS fraud case.

The non-agency/jumbo market cannot truly revive until Congress passes laws aiding transparency and decreasing risk to potential participants.

Michael Lau, the man who helped Phoenix Capital corral Bank of America as a client, has purchased his own mortgage banking firm.

Stearns Lending, one of the fastest growing servicers in the U.S., has hired a new manager to help it with servicing acquisitions.