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

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.

Although Flagstar earned money on its mortgage business in the first quarter, its gain-on-sale margin took a major hit.

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.

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.

Residential lenders can rest easy: the GSEs aren't about to hike their net worth minimums. Also: the CFPB shows some love to banks.