What might replace the GSEs' HARP program? Maybe nothing...

The jumbo MBS business may be struggling but not "GSE jumbos," according new figures from IM&A...

Bernie Sanders' worst nightmare: not much of a slowdown in the rich taking out jumbo loans...

Most of the decline came among the largest banks, with many regionals turning in stronger results in the fourth quarter…

MBS issuance rebounded in December, with Fannie/Freddie production rising 17.7 percent. In other words, had TRID not caused a December bump in GSE business, January could have looked better than it did.

In the fourth quarter, 20.3 percent of refi loans sold to the GSEs were in the low-score category, the highest level for the year.

Ginnie Mae even posted a 5.6 percent increase in refinance loan securitizations...

Colonial National Mortgage was a beta site for the IDR and Allen Maulsby, executive vice president of the bank, said the IDR process is very “legalistic…”

But there is this caveat: the steady growth of the top 50 servicers is in bold contrast to the industry’s top tier. Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America all reported shrinkage in their servicing businesses in 2015.

However, the VA market grew more than the FHA market last year, up 13.5 percent from the end of 2014…