The top-five retail mortgage lenders year-to-date: Quicken, Wells Fargo, Chase, Freedom Mortgage and BofA...

In these high-cost areas, the maximum GSE loan limit bumps up to 150% of the base limit, or $822,375.

Attorney Joann Needleman: "The transition team that Biden has put together to look at the CFPB is extremely telling"...

Before the pandemic struck, a consumer would start shopping 180 days before closing on a mortgage...

Michael Bright: “SFA reiterates our support for the ultimate goal of releasing the GSEs from conservatorship and to increase the role of private capital in our nation’s housing finance system in a responsible manner"...

One area that many lenders have questions about: branch managers who also produce loans...

The big question for the industry: Once production finally slows next year, will lenders trim retail and opt to use brokers since the latter only get paid if the loan closes?

At the end of June, the the insurance giant laid claim to a residential whole-loan portfolio totaling $17.2 billion...

Meanwhile, over at Fannie Mae, repurchases fell 19.7% to just $12.7 million.

After a three-week lull in deals, JPMorgan Chase and American Mortgage Investment Partners Management are marketing new non-agency MBS.