According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, all home lenders produced $700.0 billion of product in the third quarter. If the rest of the industry’s results emulate the numbers reported by Wells and JPM, it’s entirely possible that 4Q may have been better than many analysts predicted.

The IPO of nonprime lender Velocity Financial could price later this week or next…

In general, the bulk MSR auction market has been exceedingly slow the past six weeks but with rates rising a bit, more auctions are in the works.

Stronger GSE earnings will bolster retained capital, which could juice the recap-and-release debate even more…

According to one document we saw, Velocity has a post-IPO valuation ranging from $266 million to $304 million.

As we reported a few weeks ago: Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, a third-party non-QM lender, anticipates boosting loan originations by 66% next year to $5 billion…