Ginnie Mae mortgages carry a servicing fee of 44 basis points. It can now keep that income all to itself, instead of sharing it with a subservicing vendor...

Freedom, the nation's seventh largest originator, said modernization needs a buy-in from all states.

A significant factor was the entry of Western Alliance Bank into mortgage banking after its acquisition of nonbank AmeriHome Mortgage...

Plenty of nonbanks have announced stock buyback programs over the past year...

Squarely in the bullish camp: originators of non-qualified mortgages...

The resignation, effective Feb. 4, will leave the FDIC board composed entirely of Democrats. It follows a highly visible — and unusual — partisan spat among board members.

Moody’s Investors Service posted a hefty 47.7% increase in non-agency MBS ratings to $20.87 billion, tops in the market for the third quarter.

Presently there are two mortgage-related SPACs that are in progress: Better.com (a lender) and Southport Acquisition Corp., the latter of which is looking for plays in the software arena.

“We see this slowdown as a temporary consequence of the holidays, not as an indication that homebuyer demand is backing off,” said Redfin Deputy Chief economist Taylor Marr.

In mortgage banking, it's not necessarily where you've been, but where you're headed...