It's no secret that MSRs can be a volatile asset. But banks continue to dump servicing rights even as they increase in value. A smart move?

Looking at Freddie mortgages active as of January, researchers found that nearly 50% of Black homeowners would have saved at least $1,200 a year if they had refinanced while almost 20% would have saved at least double that amount.

Refinances are a rarity among manufactured housing loans, according to the study.

Quicken ranked as the top retail lender with an estimated $71.43 billion in first-quarter volume. Its retail market share: 5.5%...

On a sequential basis, trading fell 8.04% and was off fractionally from the same month a year ago.

Jumbos accounted for 9.2% of all home originations in the first quarter, an increase from 8.9% in 4Q20.

Back in 2015, the mix was reversed: FHA accounted for 60% of the FHA/VA market.

Banks may have ceded the origination business to nondepositories, but they sure love the end product: MBS.

At face value, the disparity between the cost of the transactions and the return on investment seems ludicrous...

Although total conventional-conforming production was up, the top four lenders in the market all reported slowing volume.