Mortgage broker employment hit a multi-year low of 55,200 jobs in the spring of 2011, but the sector has steadily added workers...

Maybe a "reverse" merger might work for Stonegate Mortgage...

Meanwhile, regional banks appeared to weather the quarter better than other sectors of the mortgage industry…

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae issued $107.19 billion of single-family MBS last month, a 5.6 percent decline from September’s volume.

A helpful piece of advice: MSA participants should avoid entering into agreements that provide for exclusivity, such as being named a preferred lender.

So, where did all the talk of a possible sale or spin-off come from? Answer: from activist investor Carl Icahn.

System upgrades, increased staffing and other costs also are driving industry anxiety, Wolters found.

A rule proposed late last month to impose margin requirements in the single-family “to-be-announced” market would draw in the multifamily housing finance programs of Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae, according to industry trade groups. At issue is SR-FINRA-2015-036, a proposal to amend Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 4210 margin requirements for TBA transactions, including adjustable-rate mortgage transactions, specified pool transactions, and transactions in collateralized mortgage obligations, issued in conformity with a program of an agency or government-sponsored enterprise, with forward settlement dates. In a letter last week to the Securities and Exchange Commission, more than a dozen industry groups expressed...

Now that rates are rising, one might expect Freddie to have a blow-out quarter in 4Q. Will Rep. Garrett issue a statement in February congratulating the GSE on a great job?

Nobody likes getting a mortgage, but interactive technology – if implemented correctly – can make the process significantly more transparent and less stressful, industry experts say. There is an opportunity in technology to make the system more transparent and help educate the next generation of homeowners, as well as minority groups, said Robert Greenbaum, director of communications and marketing at Fannie Mae, during a panel session at the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association. “They aspire...