The purchase mortgage business has been in the tank since the housing crash. Although home buying is on the upswing, will it be enough to replace the refi boom?

A former loan trader at Goldman Sachs has launched a new subprime mortgage company offering LTVs as high as 75 percent.

AIG is now buying whole loans on a correspondent basis and will portfolio the product, at least for the time being.

Will a private conventional MBS market ever happen? If GSE g-fees keep rising, yes.

New Castle and Springleaf are teaming up to buy a huge portfolio of consumer and real estate loans from HSBC.

Loans funded in California continue to dominate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchases and MBS, according to a new analysis from Inside The GSEs.

Speculation is mounting that International Business Machines may have the contract to build the new single-platform MBS unit for FHFA.

The mortgage industry is bracing for a 70 basis point guaranty fee from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The American Securitization Forum, a high profile trade group that focuses on MBS issues, is in turmoil with several of its board members quitting.

It appears that 80-10-10 loan structures are making a comeback in the market, helping homeowners avoid paying private mortgage insurance.