Rocket sees conflicts in government policies for appraiser independence.

The pricing incentive is available to mortgage brokers for mortgages with credit scores of 720 and above.

Joshua Rosner, managing director at Graham Fisher, a consulting firm, suggested that calls for an explicit government guarantee for GSE MBS are absurd.

A bill with bipartisan support to ban trigger leads tied to mortgage applications was removed from a defense spending package.

JPMorgan Chase, the system’s biggest member, reduced its FHLBank advances by 20.3% over the past year.

Some nonbanks are placing exceptionally high bids for MSR, counting on being able to recapture a high number of borrowers with refinances when interest rates decline.

Fitch assigned a B rating to the planned $400 million senior unsecured debt issuance from Planet Financial Group.

In the third quarter, conforming jumbos accounted for 5.4% of total agency business.

“For MBA, the most critical issue to address before releasing the GSEs is the establishment of an explicit federal backstop for mortgage-backed securities,” according to Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

It's the first securitization of closed-end second liens from the affiliate of Ellington Management Group.