MGIC recently pointed to lenders using piggyback structures to avoid PMI as a potential headwind to future earnings...

The cover bids on some past Freddie NPL pools have been in the mid-70s to low 80s (on the dollar) as a percentage of the unpaid principal balance.

When a nonbank unveils a nonconforming product that can’t be securitized the first question we ask is this: where will the loans ultimately reside?

The sharp increase in purchase-mortgage lending during 2Q helped float the private MI boat higher.

Historically, the turn time for the Income Verification Express Service program has been around two business days or less. Not anymore.

Is the bulk MSR market in the doldrums?

Overall, delinquencies remained below levels seen a year ago...

HUD's Neighborhood Watch system is down, but this cabinet level agency has no explanations for the press or public

Some lenders, such as PennyMac, have promoted the no-downpayment feature in their media advertisements.

Nonbank mortgage lenders are starting to complain more loudly about the length of time it takes to get their loan officers approved to do business in New York state, quoting approval times that can take anywhere from 90 to 120 days – and that’s for an application with no “red flags.” A mortgage consultant who works closely with nonbanks estimated that some of his LO clients have waited as long as six months, including both new LOs and bank loan officers who are transferring to a nondepository. Requesting anonymity, he said...