GSE purchase-mortgage volume — both with private mortgage insurance and without private MI — increased at a faster pace in the second quarter of 2024 than FHA purchase-mortgage business.

At mid-year, Newrez owned $596 billion of servicing rights with an additional $214 billion of subservicing contracts on its books.

Issuers that weren’t active in the first quarter accounted for 43.5% of the home equity securitization volume seen in the second.

Some 4,998 mortgage-related complaints were received by the bureau in the second quarter, an 11.5% decline from the prior period.

More than half of the second-quarter bulk deals were attributable to two buyers: Mr. Cooper Group and Lakeview...

A blunt question for managers: Which of your competitors do you admire?

Originations in the first half of 2024 increased by 4.1% compared with the first half of 2023.

Much of the second-quarter gain came from securitization of home equity loans and deals backed by distressed mortgages.

The last time FHA loan delinquencies were this high? The fourth quarter of last year. Before that, you'd have to go back to 2Q20...

The bank share of agency servicing fell to 34.5% as of the end of June.