The purchase-mortgage share is growing as refinance business dwindles.

Half of the 16 public nonbanks posted losses in the first quarter.

A reduction in the commingle fee that applies to the GSEs helped to increase such issuance somewhat in April.

Wells reported just $980 million in correspondent production in the first quarter, effectively leaving about $4.5 billion on the table for others.

Non-agency higher-priced mortgages are a proxy for subprime loans.

Both purchase-mortgage originations and refis declined at FHA and VA in the first quarter.

For years, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase were the largest originators of jumbo mortgages.

There's some competition between FHA and private mortgage insurance companies, though much of their business is focused on different sets of borrowers.

Warehouse financiers ended March with $103.0 billion of commitments on their books...

A big chunk of that downturn resulted from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank...