JPMorgan also increased the asset value of its mortgage servicing rights portfolio to 127 basis points from 106 bps at Dec. 31.

2021 marked the first year since Inside Mortgage Finance began annual originations rankings back in 1989 that three nonbanks topped the ranking.

The silver lining is that agency purchase-loan business was up 4.0% from the first three months of 2021. That’s a promising sign...

In the first quarter of 2022, 16.46% of loans securitized by Fannie and Freddie had credit scores ranging from 620 to 699...

As might be expected, most of the erosion has been in the refinance market.

Some top-ranked government lenders relied entirely upon retail production, including Navy Federal Credit Union, New American Funding, PrimeLending, Regions Financial and Angel Oak...

The top three ARM originators of 2021: Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo...

Altisource, however, managed to turn a profit for the year by selling its artificial intelligence affiliate...

The top issuer of USDA rural housing loans in 2021: PennyMac Financial Services with $6.76 billion...

A search of WARN Act filings in California revealed very few recent mortgage-related layoffs in the state.