While the bulk of FoA’s income comes from forward mortgages, the firm also originated $769 million of reverse loans in the first quarter...

Brown’s departure suggests that Fannie, at least, has yet to staunch the bleeding...

At press time, Genworth's share price was down slightly to $3.83. Its 52-week high is $4.76, its low $1.87...

Private MIs reported a 19.6% drop in purchase-mortgage business during the first quarter, which still accounted for 64.8% of their new insurance written for the period.

At issue: the new QM standards were drafted when the CFPB was under the leadership of Republican Kathleen Kraninger, who was appointed during the Trump administration.

The seller of the MSRs is an independent mortgage banker... 

The main buyers of jumbos? Answer: commercial banks, accounting for 54.6% of purchases from unaffiliated sellers...

As one company official explained, “This gets us off the bank balance sheet.”

Additional non-agency MBS with GSE-eligible mortgages for investment properties are expected due to new limitations on Fannie/Freddie acquisitions of such loans.

Sens. Warner and Scott: "We urge the bureau to allow the final rule to proceed as intended and commit to a longer-term approach..."