Mortgage Bankers Association

New entrants in mortgage servicing are rethinking how business is done, creating more division between holders of mortgage servicing rights and the entities that actually manage loans.

Mortgage credit availability declined in May as lenders reduced the number of government-guaranteed products they market by nearly 2%.

Lower rates led to an increase in both purchase and refinance applications compared with the previous week. according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Production expenses averaged $8,887 per loan for independent mortgage bankers in the first quarter as there were fewer originations to absorb the costs.

From pockets of growth in a shrinking refi market to the possibility of REITs buying agency risk-sharing securities, here's a look at recent market shifts that major industry players are focused on right now.

For the first time in a decade, new-owner households created in the first quarter were higher than the creation of renter households.

A new tariff on Canadian lumber threatens to further disrupt homebuilding at a time when lenders are increasingly concerned about a purchase mortgage resurgence that has failed to materialize.

Application volume decreased 3.4% from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Application volume increased 4.4% from one week earlier as rates hit their lowest level in seven months, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications decreased 4.1% from one week earlier as the refinance share hit an eight-plus-year low, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Lower defaults among government-guaranteed mortgage borrowers drove the overall delinquency rate down, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

There were fewer new home purchase loan applications in April, as year-over-year activity declined for the first time in 2017.

Mortgage applications increased 2.4% from one week earlier as there was little movement in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage credit availability declined in April as lenders cut back on the number of conforming products they offered.

Mortgage rates held steady in anticipation of the Federal Open Market Committee not increasing short-term rates at its meeting Wednesday, according to Freddie Mac.

From housing finance reform to the latest economic projections, here's a look at the biggest stories and best insights from this week's Mortgage Bankers Association National Secondary Market Conference in New York.

Mortgage application volume decreased 0.1% from one week earlier as refinance activity resumed its decline, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will continue to pursue opportunities for the government-sponsored enterprises to provide liquidity to the single-family rental market, despite opposition from mortgage and real estate industry groups.

Mortgage Bankers Association President David Stevens is confident that housing finance reform will move forward under the Trump administration, but criticized calls to simply let the government-sponsored enterprises recapitalize and be returned to shareholders without additional reforms.

The Trump administration's initial tax plan may be short on details, but a bipartisan bill offers some very specific relief for the commercial real estate industry.