Sources tell IMFnews that the Federal Housing Finance Agency is looking into the matter and is promoting the idea of capital minimums for nonbanks that do business with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

He may know how to run a decent race, but does economics professor David Brat – the man who beat Rep. Eric Cantor in the GOP primary in Virginia – know the history of the mortgage meltdown?

Norcom wants its wholesale account executives to be in the office, not traveling the roads.

Bettenburg earned a base salary plus bonuses of roughly $781,742, according to the S-1 statement.

“Sadly, the impact of QMs [qualified mortgages] will never been quantified since most LOs will not originate borderline loans,” said New Jersey broker Brian Benjamin.

At the FHFA, Singh was involved in strategic planning to help attract private capital to the mortgage industry, a key goal of former Acting Director Edward DeMarco…

The number of mortgage companies in California rose 7.8 percent on a sequential basis. Nationwide, there are 392,896 federally registered mortgage loan officers…

Can James Furash, another former top Countrywide executive, pull a Stan Kurland, and turn AmeriHome into a mortgage juggernaut?

“I’m tired of having the AMC acting as my pimp," said one appraiser. "The current situation is ruining the appraisal profession and turning appraisers into whores for the AMCs."

“I understand this is the largest attended ABA compliance conference. You’re welcome,” dead-panned CFPB official Steve Antonakes. “We'll see what we can do this year to boost your numbers a little more next year.”