Refi applications are up on an annual basis while purchase-mortgage demand lags.

An arbitrator issued an interim award of $155.2 million for Black Knight.

In 2022, Fannie Mae reported that it purchased just 45 of loans with attorney opinion letters.

PennyMac's margins in the fourth quarter are at levels similar to those seen in the third quarter.

Fitch adjusted its outlook for the mortgage insurance industry from “deteriorating” to “neutral.”

The SEC has finalized a rule prohibiting certain conflicts of interest in the securitization market. Industry participants are largely happy with changes in the final version of the rule.

The baseline loan limit for one-unit properties will be $766,550 next year. Home prices are projected to continue to rise in 2024 but the rate of growth is open to debate.

Brandon Milhorn was most recently the deputy to Travis Hill, vice chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Fairway Independent Mortgage created a “docuseries” following teams of loan originators at the lender.

Wholesale mortgages accounted for nearly 20% of Citizens Bank’s originations this year. The bank joins many others that have fled the sector following 2008.