The VA share of new primary MI business jumped from 25.2% in 2019 to 30.9% last year...

The amended preferred stock purchase agreement between the FHFA and Treasury includes limitations on acquisitions of mortgages for investment properties, second homes and products with “high risk” characteristics...

Never in the annals of mortgage banking has one nonbank ever put together a half-year where net profits landed north of $5.25 billion. Note: Quicken’s gain-on-sale margin for 4Q20 was calculated at 441 basis points compared to 578 bps in 3Q20.

“The number of primary delinquent loans was 55,537 as of December 31, 2020, compared to 62,737 as of September 30, 2020 and 21,266 as of December 31, 2019,” Radian noted in its earnings report.

New clarifications in Fannie's selling guide may cause some second homes and investment properties to be miscategorized as short-term rentals.

A former Goldman Sachs executive, Nichols is now co-head of Pretium’s residential credit business and executive board chair of Deephaven.

According to Inside Mortgage Finance, some of the GOS declines suffered by individual shops have been steep, to say the least.

Michael Nierenberg of New Residential Investment Corp. expects non-QM lending to be a bigger part of the firm's business going forward...

Of course, just because the 10-year moves that doesn’t mean mortgage rates will follow in lockstep.

State regulators plan to launch a "one company, one exam" pilot for nonbank mortgage companies and issue standards for servicers...