At the other end of the spectrum, deliveries of refi loans with credit scores of 740 or higher fell 20.1% from the first to the second quarter...

Tomo was founded by two former Zillow executives with a sole focus on purchase mortgages. Meanwhile, three-year-old Lower recently completed a $100 million Series A funding round.

The regulator released additional data collected from the survey of 5% of new mortgage borrowers each quarter. The data covers originations through the third quarter of 2020.

A few more mortgage IPOs could hit the stock roulette wheel by yearend. The reason: another potential reprieve on rates.

CFBank said the decision to wind down its DTC business resulted from changing market conditions in 2021...

The hope is that the non-agency market will now be on closer to equal footing with the GSEs in terms of compliance burdens relating to the CFPB...

The end of the QM patch — thanks to a maneuver by the FHFA and Treasury — could help the non-agency market compete with the GSEs.

A dispute between Two Harbors and its former external manager will continue in court, with a focus on intellectual property. The REIT’s chief investment officer also abruptly left at the end of the second quarter.

The Ohio-based bank is winding down its direct-to-consumer mortgage lending business, citing falling margins and diminished refinances.

The changes: FHA has established a streamlined loan mod that servicers must offer to certain borrowers, GSE servicers have to follow the CFPB’s new standards a month earlier than intended, and Ginnie Mae and NCUA are allowing for a broader range of loan mods.