Overall, 2020 was the strongest trading year since 2010...

Flagstar's production and profit margins declined in the fourth quarter, though the bank increased MSR sales and warehouse lending...

For instance, Wells’ housing receivables fell 19.4% over the past 12 months.

According to figures compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, loan brokerage firms now employ 109,800 full-timers...

Mortgage banking earnings fell to $478 million at the Minneapolis-based bank from $543 million in the third quarter...

Some $7.29 billion of non-agency MBS was issued during the fourth quarter, down 41.5% on a sequential basis.

BofA, which ranked 10^th in Inside Mortgage Finance’s third quarter ranking, funds loans through only one channel: retail. Home-equity lending also took a hit: $469.0 million compared to $984.0 million in the third quarter.

In January of last year, the flow of VA loans into Ginnie MBS exceeded the volume of FHA loans, a trend that culminated in December, when VA accounted for 57.0% of monthly issuance.

For all of 2020, non-agency MBS issuance totaled $90.23 billion, down 20.0% from the year before...