According to research from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, all financial service companies spend $17 billion each year trying to reach consumers.

RPM Mortgage, one of the largest privately held nonbanks in California, has signed a new origination deal with Mechanics Bank, Walnut Creek, CA.

Or perhaps the FHA is concerned that the private mortgage insurance industry will continue to gain market share at its expense?

One critic of the report on nonbank risk had this to say: “It’s just ridiculous what they [the IG] get away with. There’s risk in every business. Don’t they get it?”

A signing bonus for an LO sounds nice, but keep in mind that a lender has to find a way to pay for that bonus, which could result in an increase in pricing.

Did someone really pay a $300,000 signing bonuses to a new LO?

Lenders are being careful about costs, but rising loan volumes could force some firms to hire, at least a little bit.

Luckily, JPM’s Jamie Dimon doesn’t care about such silly thing as mortgage rankings. (And he's not a big fan of FHA either.)

MGIC is operating with each GSE as an eligible insurer under a remediation plan. In trading Wednesday, its share price was down 9 percent…

Here’s a question to ponder: what does Jamie Dimon like less? Loan brokers or the FHA?