G-fees – which have been rising in recent years – are ultimately paid by borrowers.

The Association of Mortgage Professionals, which represents mortgage brokers, said it believes the measure will dilute states’ rights to protect consumers.

Two Harbors was the first – and thus far only – firm to issue a jumbo MBS with loans subject to the TRID mortgage disclosure rule.

Earlier this year, management signaled that the nonbank is considering its options...

Is the end near for servicing writedowns? Hedging marks?

Lenders and mortgage brokers are at odds over a House bill that would make it easier for loan originators to leave jobs at depository institutions and go to work for nonbank lenders. The Mortgage Bankers Association is pushing for a vote in the House on H.R. 2121, the SAFE Transitional Licensing Act of 2015. The bill was approved by the House Financial Services Committee in March on a 56-0 vote. The unanimous bipartisan support for the bill was fairly rare and suggested strong prospects for the legislation to move forward. However, a vote in the House has yet...

FHA lending via the retail channel by many of the nation’s largest depositories has plummeted in recent years...

The exam outlook is even worse for nonbank mortgage servicers..

When are falling rates a bad thing? Answer: When you own a ton of mortgage servicing rights.

A past study commissioned by FEMA estimated that the areas designated as special flood areas will increase by 45 percent by the end of this century. In coastal areas, such designations would increase by 55 percent.