According to one media report, two men were shot execution-style inside a mortgage business on Staten Island Tuesday night...

Thus far, only a $225.75 million nonprime MBS issued by an affiliate of Lone Star Funds in December has received AAA ratings.

Some $157.6 million of interest-only loans were included in prime non-agency MBS issued in the fourth quarter, the highest IO volume since the third quarter of 2015.

The MBA chief stressed that the market is set to shift from mortgage loan officers who can thrive as “gatherers” to a market that requires “hunters.”

Black Knight studied loan-level data on outstanding mortgages to derive at its conclusion…

Antonio Weiss, counselor to the secretary of the Treasury Department, cautioned that any reduction to the corporate tax rate could prompt a draw from Treasury funds by the GSEs.

DB was faulted for failing to disclose second liens on mortgages in MBS and for concealing refreshed credit scores that were worse that the credit scores disclosed to investors.

One mortgage insurance lobbyist, when informed of the possibility, called it “great news” while two lenders we interviewed said it was an awful development…

Moody’s settled the MBS/CDO case without admitting wrongdoing…

Wesley Winter, a senior modeler at Black Knight, said a traditional credit score may not be the best predictor of mortgage default.