Sprout Mortgage, a non-QM lender, had a $10 million tax liability with the Internal Revenue Service when it closed its doors in July, according to interviews by Inside Mortgage Finance and supporting documents.

Declining originations and margin cut into mortgage-related earnings at 24 key lenders.

The bulk of PennyMac's income in the second quarter of 2022 was tied to servicing.

These new placeholder certificates are expected to become the primary way to purchase the A-M and A-2 classes of Freddie K-deals.

Depositories had 43.0% of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac servicing in the second quarter of 2022.

The REIT paid a $325 million fee to an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group to shift to internal management.

The Urban Institute said pandemic-related forbearances appear to have greatly benefitted consumers.

Recent nonbank closures don't necessarily exemplify wider threats to the mortgage industry, several interviewees told Inside Mortgage Finance.

A federal appeals court recently held that mortgage servicers must comply with both the Truth in Lending Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, rejecting an argument that one cancelled out the other.

The GSEs are taking in an increasing amount of loans with higher LTV ratios and lower credit scores.