The IAC said the SEC chose to make the reports confidential, despite the fact that the authorizing legislation didn’t require it.

“More than 11% of borrowers in forbearance have now exceeded the 12-month mark,” said Mike Fratantoni, MBA’s SVP and chief economist. “We anticipate that servicers will be busy over the next month"...

Guild, a newly public company, ranked 22nd among all lenders in 2020.

The sudden dominance of nonbanks in mortgage banking profits was due to Rocket Companies, parent of Quicken Loans...

Even non-agency MBS had a strong month, with daily trades averaging $3.5 billion, a sequential monthly improvement of 20.6%.

Overall, the FHLB profit picture was somewhat worse in the fourth quarter. Their combined net income fell to $657 million, down 20.4% from the third quarter...

However, the size of the investments in Rent Butter and Rent Room were not disclosed...

Government-mandated forbearance paid off for Chase...

Investment bankers like Mark Garland of SitusAMC believe that by the third quarter bulk MSR sales could be on a roll...