Jumbo lending increased 14.2 percent in 2013 compared with the previous year. California posted a growth rate slightly above that level...

The new nonbank task force includes representatives from nine state regulators, including the New York Department of Financial Services where Benjamin Lawsky is the superintendent.

Many lenders and some investors pushed for an alignment of QRM and QM, while other investors sought protections beyond the requirements for QMs.

The chickens come home to roost: from 2008 through 2013, HUD increased the FHA’s annual mortgage insurance premium five times.

To account for the risk posed by the small loan pool, Fitch applied a penalty of 1.07-times (a 7.0 percent penalty) to the lifetime default expectations for the MBS...

The new jumbo security from JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to be issued on Oct. 30.

We even heard one report that a non-QM firm is contemplating an initial public offering. It sounds crazy, we know…Meanwhile, it appears the states want a say in MSR transfers...

Non-agency MBS sponsors will be allowed to retain the risk portion on vertical or horizontal tranches of the security or a combination of the two.

Under the proposal, lenders would be required to report the originations of QMs and non-QMs.

Zandi and deRitis believe that the FHA is on track to be able to lower its mortgage insurance premiums by 50 basis points to an average of 120 basis points for total upfront and annual premiums.