The nation’s largest mortgage investing REIT, Annaly Capital Management, reported a $627 million loss in the third quarter compared to a $900 million profit in 2Q.

Mortgage broker employment hit a multi-year low of 55,200 jobs in the spring of 2011, but the sector has steadily added workers...

A helpful piece of advice: MSA participants should avoid entering into agreements that provide for exclusivity, such as being named a preferred lender.

System upgrades, increased staffing and other costs also are driving industry anxiety, Wolters found.

Nobody likes getting a mortgage, but interactive technology – if implemented correctly – can make the process significantly more transparent and less stressful, industry experts say. There is an opportunity in technology to make the system more transparent and help educate the next generation of homeowners, as well as minority groups, said Robert Greenbaum, director of communications and marketing at Fannie Mae, during a panel session at the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association. “They aspire...

MBA continues to believe that, given the lack of reserves, eventually the GSEs will need to take a draw from Treasury, said Dave Stevens.

When asked about complying with the complex TRID rules, 32 percent of respondents cited “collaborating with stakeholders” as their top issue...

Keep in mind that hedging can be a tricky business, whether you're a GSE or not...

Among the top ten residential lenders, CitiMortgage and Bank of America had the weakest growth rate...

There is one GSE issue that Democrats and Republicans see eye-to-eye on: capping the pay of CEOs working for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.