Through the first nine months of 2019 UWM had a wholesale/broker market share of 32.7%.

The dollar volume of purchase-loan deliveries declined across all nine risk categories, with the biggest drop taking place in the highest-risk bucket.

Redwood also revealed deferred stock units/awards to its five most senior executives. Abate will take home $1.875 million in DSUs, Robinson, $2.25 million.

However, two asset categories – business loans and consumer loans – saw substantially higher production in the fourth quarter...

The Freedom-RoundPoint deal awaits regulatory approvals...

Meanwhile, the fastest-growing cohort in bank retail lending were small institutions…

In 2018, first lien originations totaled $1.63 trillion. For 2020, $1.9 trillion to $2.0 trillion seems like a reasonable number. The key, as always, will be interest rates…

In 3Q19, the top ARM lenders were Wells Fargo with $8.28 billion, Bank of America ($7.67 billion), and JPMorgan Chase ($5.43 billion).

JPMorgan Chase stood out among the big three banks as its holdings declined by 6.1% during the third quarter.

Production of FHA-insured reverse mortgages fell in the third quarter of 2019 despite of a strong housing market, according to an Inside FHA/VA Lending analysis.