Old-fashioned rate-term transactions still accounted for most of the VA refi market, at 89.1% in the first quarter...

Almost two decades ago, General Electric spun off several of its insurance-related businesses (including mortgage insurance) into a new unit, creating Genworth.

The culprit: a downturn in purchase-mortgage activity...

When it comes to Ginnie EBOs, sales are done both servicing-retained and servicing-released.

In 2020, American Advisors Group was the top reverse mortgage originator in the U.S., with $4.09 billion...

Fun fact: February has the fewest number of business days in the year and typically represents the low spot in seasonal housing activity. 

Claudia Merkle, CEO of National MI, said FHA and MI businesses operate on different points of the risk spectrum and, therefore, a cut in MIP will not result in massive ramifications for the MI industry.

The VA share of new primary MI business jumped from 25.2% in 2019 to 30.9% last year...

“The number of primary delinquent loans was 55,537 as of December 31, 2020, compared to 62,737 as of September 30, 2020 and 21,266 as of December 31, 2019,” Radian noted in its earnings report.

The year just-ended brought two huge changes to the government-insured market. First, the VA established itself as the dominant program...