Thornberry first joined Radian in February 2017. The MI ranks second in insurance-in-force and new insurance written...

Guild Mortgage, the nation’s 20^th largest home lender (according to a ranking by Inside Mortgage Finance), is on track to originate a record $20 billion this year…

Correspondent production of FHA/VA loans rose 25.8% from the second quarter, although retail actually recorded a higher increase.

Only four REITs upped their agency MBS holdings in the third quarter, including New Residential Investment Corp., New York, also a large holder of mortgage servicing rights…

FHFA Director Mark Calabria: "That might be fine for a normal company, but these are companies that are in conservatorship. They’re essentially in bankruptcy.” 

The number-one-ranked MI firm has a market share of 19.6%. The number-five-ranked shop is at 16.1%. Quite a foot race…

Based on third quarter figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, FHA lending accounts for 10.17% of the overall first-lien origination market.

KBW on Ocwen: “While the company is setting up MSR [mortgage servicing rights] financing facilities, management noted returns on available MSR trended down, though the company did lower its targeted ROE [return on equity] on agency MSR to 8.5% from 9.5%."

“The purpose of this letter is to notify you of our findings, outline VA’s expectations regarding your efforts to cure noncompliance, detail what actions you might take and inform you of the actions VA will take if your curative efforts fail to bring the loans into compliance,” the correspondence reads…