The top refi lender through the first nine months of 2014 was Wells Fargo with $38.56 billion, but Quicken wasn’t too far behind at $32.48 billion.

The MBA’s legal counsel tried to begin by focusing on the dividing line between interpretative rules and legislative rules, but soon found herself having to defend the trade group’s support for the DOL’s original 2006 position.

The original CO established an on-site compliance monitor at Ocwen, one of the nation’s largest servicers of delinquent loans.

The fourth quarter of 2014 is turning out to be decent in terms of applications and pipelines.

The Philly Fed argues that a mortgage "strip-down" could make homeowners better off and not harm lenders.

If you’re looking to buy a foreclosure for a quick “flip,” you might want to act quickly. Inventory is shrinking rapidly...

Warehouse lenders increased the dollar volume of their commitments to an estimated $31 billion in the third quarter, a 3.3 percent sequential improvement, according to survey figures compiled byInside Mortgage Finance. Compared to the same quarter a year ago, commitments fell by 11.4 percent. But a commitment to lend is just that. Many nonbank borrowers rack up commitments, but the real test of the health of warehouse lending is in usage rates. At First Tennessee Bank, for example, its commitments were...[Includes one data chart]

The Treasury Department noted that QRM standards do not include requirements for loan-to-value ratios.

Some 61 percent of mortgage executives believe lenders are overly restrictive with underwriting standards.

As one West Coast-based mortgage executive told IMFnews: “It can be a very tough space. You need lots of capital."