As Wedbush Securities notes in a new report, “We expect lower prepayment speeds should lead to positive marks on MSR values in the quarter.”

The top issuer for the year: Freedom Mortgage with a whopping $106.9 billion...

In recent interviews, mortgage executives, overall, have revealed mixed plans regarding hiring...

Continued low interest rates, courtesy of the pandemic, was a key factor in the results...

Time to celebrate: Annual agency MBS issuance rose 10.1% from 2020 to a record $3.471 trillion in 2021.

The top five ARM lenders through the first nine months of 2021: Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, First Republic and Citigroup...

A significant factor was the entry of Western Alliance Bank into mortgage banking after its acquisition of nonbank AmeriHome Mortgage...

Squarely in the bullish camp: originators of non-qualified mortgages...

Moody’s Investors Service posted a hefty 47.7% increase in non-agency MBS ratings to $20.87 billion, tops in the market for the third quarter.

“We see this slowdown as a temporary consequence of the holidays, not as an indication that homebuyer demand is backing off,” said Redfin Deputy Chief economist Taylor Marr.