“The QM rule needs to stand on its own two feet … The FHFA should not be in charge of setting national mortgage underwriting,” said MBA chief Dave Stevens.

In the first quarter, 11.2 percent of Fannie/Freddie purchase loans had credit scores below 700 and LTV ratios of 81 percent or higher. That was up from 7.4 percent in the fourth quarter…

To significantly reduce credit risk, all mortgages sold to Ginnie 2.0 would require a private credit enhancement attached to the loans…

Ocwen Financial continues to rule the roost in terms of subprime servicing…

PennyMac Financial is a top-10 ranked lender and may soon break into the top-10 in servicing as well…

M&T Bank doesn’t even rank among the top 50 FHA-direct lenders in the nation, according to a recent ranking by affiliate publication Inside FHA/VA Lending...

The poor stock performance of this group has bloodied the water for mortgage IPOs...

Accelerated growth through the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights is an undertaking that remains challenging to the industry, said the MMC…

Over the past five years, the issuance market for securitization has fluctuated between feast and famine, noted one executive…

The MBS holdings of 16 top mortgage REITs were down 0.3 percent from the fourth quarter...