Refi applications are up on an annual basis while purchase-mortgage demand lags.

The ECM sector’s share of total originations declined to 2.3% in the third quarter.

An arbitrator issued an interim award of $155.2 million for Black Knight.

An inspector general identified counterparty risk related to protecting FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund as one of HUD’s top management challenges for 2024.

In 2022, Fannie Mae reported that it purchased just 45 of loans with attorney opinion letters.

PennyMac's margins in the fourth quarter are at levels similar to those seen in the third quarter.

United Wholesale Mortgage ranked as the top producer of purchase mortgages in the first nine months of 2023 with $73.17 billion.

The Mortgage Bankers Association is asking VA to release a detailed plan for how servicers will be reimbursed if they participate in VA’s call for a six-month pause on foreclosures for struggling veteran borrowers.

Asked about whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could take further regulatory actions on trigger leads, Director Rohit Chopra indicated its authority over them was "somewhat limited."

Players in the commercial MBS market now have a better understanding about which assets are performing and which aren’t, according to Lisa Pendergast, executive director of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council.