In a bit of a surprise, loanDepot also recorded negative changes to the fair market value of its mortgage servicing portfolio totaling $118.7 million.

Even small and mid-sized nonbanks bested the megabanks: 20.0% versus 18.3%.

Thompson acknowledged that it simply costs more to buy a home in places like San Francisco and New York...

Officials at the REIT see good and bad in the Fed's recent moves.

Roughly $153.60 billion of Fannie/Freddie MSRs changed hands in bulk deals during the fourth quarter...

For the full year, Better funded $50.86 billion, ranking 17th nationwide, according to Inside Mortgage Finance...

Shortly before his departure in June 2021, former FHFA Director Mark Calabria and his then-Chief of Staff John Roscoe pressed Fannie Mae CEO Hugh Frater to give a $250,000 bonus to a Fannie executive.

In other words, did the GSE shareholders suffer any “compensable harm” because then-President Trump was unconstitutionally barred from firing then-FHFA Director Mel Watt?

Since the beginning of 2021, low interest rates fed a gusher of refinance and restructuring activity that totaled $230.29 billion...

The reason is simple: Higher interest rates have altered the competitive landscape...