“The short-term outlook remains dismal,” said Quincy Tang, a managing director and head of U.S. residential MBS at DBRS.

The changes allow eligible non-borrowing spouses with older Home-Equity Conversion Mortgages the potential to remain in their home following the death of the last surviving HECM borrower.

The VA maintained a sizeable lead in first-lien mortgage refinancing over FHA and private mortgage insurers in the first quarter of 2015 but yielded to both in purchase originations.

Some 90 lenders contributed mortgages to the Redwood MBS, led by First Republic Bank with an 11.7 percent share.

Lenders provided a few constructive suggestions while voicing frustration regarding state regulators’ data collection efforts.

Fitch noted that a transaction manager’s compensation agreement will be important in determining any benefit...

In recent years there has been speculation that Nationstar would spinoff Solutionstar, but officials at Nationstar now see Xome as a way to differentiate the nonbank from other lenders.

Caliber Home Loans is the top contributor to the pending MBS from WinWater with a 10.2 percent share of originations...

One of the departing executives at Nationstar Mortgage used to work at JPMorgan Chase, Fannie Mae and Macquarie Bank…

They called on policymakers to “embrace” nonbanks and address unintended regulatory impacts that are seen as driving banks out of portions of the mortgage market.