Both purchase-mortgage originations and refis declined at FHA and VA in the first quarter.

While business is slow in most of the mortgage market, some non-QM lenders are anticipating a busy second half of 2023.

Demand for mortgages declined as interest rates ticked up.

For years, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase were the largest originators of jumbo mortgages.

Thompson was the sole witness at a hearing by the House Financial Services Committee.

There's some competition between FHA and private mortgage insurance companies, though much of their business is focused on different sets of borrowers.

The GSE says the addition to its income assessment tool will expand access to credit.

Banks reduced their appetite for jumbos in the first quarter.

Originations remained a money-losing venture for many lenders in the first quarter, though the losses weren't quite as bad.

Rising interest rates made it more difficult for loan applicants to meet DTI ratio requirements.