For the full year of 2019, total mortgage complaints from end users were down 9.1%...

The portfolio is top heavy in Texas product at 50.1%.

The updated defect taxonomy includes changes originally implemented through the Loan Review System in 2017.

Citi's retail mortgage originations increased by nearly 80% in 2019 while First Republic's production was up by more than 50%.

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, all home lenders produced $700.0 billion of product in the third quarter. If the rest of the industry’s results emulate the numbers reported by Wells and JPM, it’s entirely possible that 4Q may have been better than many analysts predicted.

Stronger GSE earnings will bolster retained capital, which could juice the recap-and-release debate even more…

The credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Transunion and Experian) continue to draw a large chunk of the complaints…

As far as the rankings are concerned, not much changed at the very top during the third quarter. Cenlar once again ranked first…

Also, Mr. Cooper was busy as well, buying Seterus and Pacific Union Financial…