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The automation is aimed at ensuring compliance-sensitive information gets transferred with an audit trail in an active MSR market.

Industry bankers and brokers have already contributed over $7 million to a close split of Democrats and Republicans, largely among members in Capitol Hill's banking and finance committees.

As many homebuyers' spending power is diminished, home price growth in the Bay Area has slowed, fewer homes are selling above listing price and more sellers are asking for less.

Decline was largely driven by a large dip in cash-out refinance locks.

The company previously announced it would also close its consumer-direct operations, which relied heavily on refinance activity.

Lenders pulled back on government-refinance programs and products for lower-credit score borrowers, pushing loan availability down for the seventh month in a row, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Moon Mortgage plans to start originating owner-occupied mortgages that are partially collateralized by cryptocurrency in three states in December.

Why several rivals are suing the mortgage lender, and why it may not matter

Dozens of community bankers and housing experts offered their opinions on the Federal Home Loan Bank System, the first review in nearly 100 years. But the insurers, nonbanks and megabanks that use the system the most were largely absent from the debate.

The Fed may be the big factor in the massive fluctuations seen daily in the TBA markets, but traders and credit analysts now also fear a new problem in the heretofore peaceful world of Ginnie Mae, writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.