“They’ve approached a few lenders,” he said, “and have some others to see.”

Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America had a combined jumbo servicing market share of 61.4% at yearend, according to figures compiled by Inside Nonconforming Markets…

Some lenders and MBS issuers are seeing better execution for GSE-eligible loans in the non-agency market…

The underlying mortgages have an average credit score of 703...

Mortgage REIT MFA Financial, New York, bought roughly $1 billion worth of loans during the fourth quarter...

An increase in retained earnings is a pre-cursor to GSE “recap and release,” or as Fannie/Freddie investors call it, the Holy Grail…

In the fourth quarter, Impac’s gain-on-sale margin increased 85 basis points to 203 bps, a reflection of its growing originations of non-QM loans.

SIFMA’s Daniel Goodwin: “Financial regulators must create a level playing field so that entities like the GSEs do not enjoy capital benefits that add to the tilting of the market…”

Credit unions reported a 19.5% increase in closed-end second originations from the first half of 2018 to the second half…

In January, the CFPB released a five-year look-back report assessing the implementation and effect of the ability-to-repay rule…