Although BLS reported declines, recent interviews conducted by IMFnews suggest that some nondepositories are in a hiring mode this spring, especially for retail loan officers.

How many more of W.J. Bradley's TRID-error loans will be sold in the scratch-and-dent market?

The HFPC found that 63.8 million adults – 52 percent of renters in the country – don’t have a high enough credit score to qualify.

Fact: The Mortgage Metrics report for the third quarter of 2015 was 66 pages while the most recent issue was slashed to just 14 pages.

The MI industry’s future also hinges on Fannie and Freddie, which by statute must have MI coverage on the high loan-to-value ratio mortgages they buy.

The AMI chief warned that at some point the GSEs may decide to review TRID documentation and penalize lenders who made even small clerical errors in the disclosures.

According to survey figures from Inside Mortgage Finance, WJB funded $410 million in 4Q15. Typically, it sold jumbos on a correspondent basis to secondary market investors, including JPM.

Can (and will) Congress act to fix the TRID mess?

Except for 2012, the biggest year in program activity, most of the loans originated under HARP had rates above today’s levels.

The HECM loss mitigation option is available if there is no indication that the borrower vacated the property or if he or she is attempting to make payments on the amounts due.