Flagstar is the largest depository remaining as a table funder of mortgages through loan brokers...

As a structural matter, the bank is moving the operation from its “securitized products” group to “macro trading.”

A change of control of a mortgage insurance firm would need the approval of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac...

Besides Quicken, loanDepot has been mentioned as an innovator when it comes to new using new technologies...

Loan brokers were slightly more purchase-focused than retail lenders...

A Realtor in North Carolina noted, “Lenders do not communicate well with real estate agents…”

New foreclosure figures compiled by RealtyTrac suggest Texas and Oklahoma could be in for some minor bumps along the road.

The NPLs that Freddie Mac wants to sell currently are being serviced by Nationstar Mortgage.

But all is not rosy. At JPM, mortgage servicing balances continue to decline and the bank’s executives expect production margins will compress as origination volumes diminish…

Four of the top five ABS issuers in 2015 were closely linked to the auto industry, including the most productive issuer in the market, Ford Motor Credit.