The number of Ginnie Mae loans in forbearance came in at 7.61%, down 6 bps for the week while the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac tally declined to 3.11%, a 2 bp improvement.

CEO Mat Ishbia said the $925 million the firm  garnered from Friday’s transaction gives the nonbank solid options when it comes to growth.

The FHFA IG highlighted the agency’s failure to ensure the boards of the two GSEs are notified after its Division of Enterprise Regulation has identified serious deficiencies in management. The OIG said this has been the state of affairs since at least 2016.

Most of the other top players in the non-QM sector returned to the market within months of the COVID-related disruption...

The CFPB's year of discontent? Mortgage-related complaints declined 7.9% from the third to the fourth quarter but increased 9.2% overall in 2020.

“Right now business is good,” said Managing Partner and Co-CEO Mike Fierman…

Total MSR transfers – including bulk deals and coissuance transactions – more than doubled from the third quarter, hitting $188.11 billion. However...

According to the S-1, the pay includes a base salary of $408,994 and a bonus of $42.5 million.

After a disruption in March 2020, originations of non-QMs might return to pre-pandemic levels later this year...

Private MIs were particularly strong in the purchase-loan market, with annual GSE sales of $366.87 billion — which represented 51.0% of all insured purchase loans securitized by the agencies...