The data analytics firm estimates there are now 8.2 million existing mortgagors who are refi candidates, the largest such cohort since late 2016.

JPMorgan Chase was one of the few major banks that actually sold more loans in early 2019 than it did a year ago…

Is the Detroit-based Quicken really much larger in the wholesale channel than it’s letting on?

Historically, Fannie sellers have repurchased far more loans ($49.64 billion) than have Freddie sellers ($29.94 billion). But most of that disparity occurred before 2014…

Meanwhile, DBRS boosted its share of the rated market to 62.6%, Inside MBS & ABS found…

In a new investor update filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, megaservicer Mr. Cooper (Nationstar Mortgage) says it has a tangible net worth ratio of 13.2%, as measured in accordance with standards set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency...

ARMs accounted for 38.3% of BofA’s total volume in the first quarter. The loans made up 11.5% of Wells’ originations and 20.7% of Chase’s…

Two of the top nonbanks had remarkable starts to the year. Second-ranked Quicken Loans posted a 13.6% increase in production from the fourth quarter and third-ranked United Wholesale Mortgage upped its volume by a stunning 63.1%.

First Republic’s IO holdings had a weighted average loan-to-value ratio of roughly 56%, based on appraised value at the time of origination. The loans have credit scores averaging 762.

In 1Q19, the top three HECM lenders were American Advisors Group, One Reverse Mortgage, and Synergy One Lending. Reverse Mortgage Solutions, which ranked fourth, is in the process of being sold…