With commercial banks continuing to pare back their role in the mortgage market, nonbanks are aggressively hiring top performers.

The mortgage chiefs at “marketplace” lender SoFi were at the recent ABS Vegas show talking up their business with other lenders...

There are two sides to the story. A year from now, the agency MBS market could reach the $6.0 trillion mark...

A Realtor based in California noted that selling prices are generally increasing, but at widely disparate rates based on location...

There is, however, a 0 to 6 percent fee...

When the two GSEs were losing money earlier in the decade, then-Acting FHFA Director Edward DeMarco suspended the contributions before any had ever been made.

DeMarco, by the way, called on Congress to take a “thoughtful” review of the FHA program and Ginnie Mae’s role in housing finance.

Home-equity originations declined by a modest 3.0 percent from the third to the fourth quarter...

Whether mortgage lenders get any additional, official clarification or guidance regarding the TRID rule is another matter entirely.

Anupam Agarwal, CIO of Western Asset Mortgage Capital, noted: “Well, that unicorn doesn’t exist.”