The decline was largely based on a seasonal slump in purchase-mortgage activity. Looking forward, primary-market indicators point to a solid increase in consumer demand.

But the news wasn't all good: After peaking at $280 billion in the third quarter of 2015 – an eight-year high – purchase-mortgage originations tumbled 25 percent in 4Q...

If refinancings accelerate, Wells Fargo will need to step up production to protect its massive servicing portfolio...

In the wholesale/broker channel, United Wholesale was the volume leader for the year…

Private MIs finished third in agency refinance loans, partly because the Fannie/Freddie program for refinancing underwater borrowers continued to slow down.

As banks cede market share to nondepositories, an odd thing is happening: banks and thrifts are hiking their investment in MBS.

Among the MI standouts: Arch Mortgage Insurance, which had a hefty 108.9 percent increase in traditional flow business...

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...