Mortgage brokers trimmed 500 positions from their payrolls during December.

Total Ginnie issuance was down 3.2% largely due to an 18.7% collapse in rate-term refinance.

Nonbank servicers in the top 50 posted a hefty 4.6% gain in owned servicing...

Consumer complaints about debt collection saw a hefty 30.6% rise.

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In a bit of a surprise, loanDepot also recorded negative changes to the fair market value of its mortgage servicing portfolio totaling $118.7 million.

Even small and mid-sized nonbanks bested the megabanks: 20.0% versus 18.3%.

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For the full year, Better funded $50.86 billion, ranking 17th nationwide, according to Inside Mortgage Finance...