“Expansive datasets about people’s social connections, the kinds of websites they visit, where they shop and how they talk do not have the same simple intuitive connection to each individual’s ability to repay a loan,” said Aaron Rieke, managing director at Upturn...

Rep. French Hill, R-AR, wants the QM patch to expire as well. “Allowing Fannie and Freddie to continue loading up on high-debt mortgages because of a temporary loophole has had a harmful effect on the broader housing market,” he said. 

Among the top 10 FHA direct lenders, not one was a bank. Quicken ranked first overall...

Discussing Ocwen's $89.7 million loss in 2Q19, CEO Glen Messina said, “I continue to be pleased with the results of our integration, cost re-engineering, MSR sourcing, and lending growth efforts. Despite a more challenging market and business environment to achieve MSR portfolio growth, we remain committed to strengthening the company and returning to profitability..."

In case you haven’t noticed, the share price of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac common has been in a freefall since early June, down 32.4% each.

In a new report to its shareholders, Fairholme Capital Management notes the fund it manages owns a 4% position in the preferred shares of Freddie, “which currently trade at less than half of stated liquidation values, implying potential current yields of over 14% per annum.”

During the quarter, Redwood issued a $400.84 million prime non-agency MBS and sold approximately $800 million through whole loan executions.

Large nonbanks the likes of UWM, Quicken and loanDepot are hiring but overall, the mortgage employment figures for June were not particularly strong...

In 2016, J.G. Wentworth Co. was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. At the time, its shares traded for 40 cents apiece compared a 52-week high of $10.41. 

Ginnie Mae is turning off the spigot on refinances of high LTV mortgages guaranteed by the VA...