All three agencies recorded declining purchase-mortgage volume...

But the first quarter was just a prelude to the crescendo of refinance activity in April and May. A whopping $323.4 billion of refi loans were securitized by the GSEs and Ginnie during the past two months...

The California-based lender said it has satisfied "all" margin calls and obligations under its warehouse facilities...

The top contributors to the deal include Athas Capital Group with a 33.2% share and Sprout Mortgage at 30.8%...

The stock sale comes at an interesting time for the mortgage industry in general and MIs in particular...

The ultimate goal: to reduce the number of authorized shares, which should result in a sizeable increase in the company’s share price.

As one East Coast-based banker put it: “Before the pandemic exploded, I had eight or nine new customers lined up I wanted to bank. Right now, that’s on hold until this passes.”

“It was a tough three or four weeks in this business,” said Steve Abreu, president of NewFi Lending...

Sterling Bank and Trust increased reserves in case the bank has to buy back non-QMs with faulty underwriting.

Investor appetite for the MBS has been relatively strong. The Angel Oak paper was oversubscribed.