Attorneys with the Ballard Spahr law firm noted that, “If the DOJ gets its way, the CFPB would remain intact with a director that President Trump can replace at any time.”

Bayview issued two similar MBS last year, totaling $467.18 million…

MBA’s Pete Mills noted there are a handful of lenders and brokers that specialize in quick-turn refis…

A small portion of the loans are characterized as non-owner occupied…

Over the past three years, Walter Investment Management has lost a whopping $902 million...

Thanks to strong growth in the agency market, the supply of single-family MBS outstanding continued to grow over the final three months of 2016, a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis reveals.

An interview this week with Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and a perennial critic of the Federal Reserve, suggests that the extraordinary level of support the U.S. central bank gave to the housing and mortgage markets in the wake of the financial crisis may mean the Fed is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The three major credit bureaus plan to exclude two critical pieces of negative information from their reports, which may make it easier for some borrowers to qualify for a mortgage.

A program launched in September to provide grants to mortgage brokers has helped launch 15 new independent mortgage brokerage shops, according to the National Association of Mortgage Brokers.

Appraisers are most frustrated with the FHA, excessive regulations and insufficient compensation, according to a National Association of Realtors survey of more than 2,000 appraisers.