Fitch had a good year too, rating $17.51 billion of non-agency MBS…

Fannie Mae adjusted its automated underwriting services last summer to make more loans with higher debt-to-income ratios eligible for approval without lenders needing to provide compensating factors.

The mortgage servicing business racked up its third consecutive year of steady growth in 2017.

GSE buyback volume fell 11.6 percent from the 2016 total, including an 11.4 percent drop from the third to the fourth quarter of last year.

The 4,710 small mortgage lenders wouldn’t have to report new data points sought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for originations in 2018 and beyond, according to an analysis by Inside the CFPB.

Rising rates bolstered servicing values late in the year, but reduced production results…

The fastest-growing program continued to be Ginnie Mae MBS, which shot up 8.2 percent for the year…

Wells Fargo was the top home equity lender in 2017 with total second lien production of $24.8 billion, according to a tally from Inside Mortgage Finance…

Higher mortgage interest rates are squashing the refinance sector…

An estimated $437.84 billion of home loans greater than the $424,100 benchmark agency limit were originated in 2017…