Mortgage repurchases peaked in 2009 at $34.276 billion, fell to $31.811 billion in 2010 and $20.943 billion in 2011, and then dropped to just $12.966 billion in 2012.

The new regulations seek to streamline the reporting process and provide more timely access to data about potential fraud.

According to exclusive survey figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, loan brokers accounted for 9.8 percent of all originations in the fourth quarter, a slight improvement from the 9.6 percent market share reading in the third quarter.

Among other things, the eligibility standards will establish new risk-to-capital ratios for the nation’s seven active MI firms and could dictate how much in the way of dividends an MI can upstream to its parent company.

The new version incorporates lessons learned from the financial crisis of 2008 along with contemporary concerns about mortgage originations and servicing.

In a new report, Compass Point Research & Trading asks: “Are the special servicers bad actors?” CPR&T concludes the answer is no, but notes “there is some merit” to concerns about the rapid portfolio growth at certain firms…

Another bank bites the dust in wholesale: Fifth Third Bank, which ranks second among depositories in the channel, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

The first two months of 2014 generated just $132.85 billion of new agency MBS, down 57.6 percent from the same period last year. A harsh winter in many parts of the country hasn’t helped.

The fee assessed by FHA would cost lenders roughly $30 million a year, or $23 per loan, according to calculations done by Inside Mortgage Finance.

Some mortgage attorneys believe pricing disparities of 6 basis points to 25 bps can result in a fair-lending referral.