Jumbo mortgages

Stonegate Mortgage Corp. is rolling out a new system that it says will give home-loan investors greater ability to handpick the debt they want to buy.

Mortgage applications fell 5.5% on an adjusted basis for the week ending June 12 from a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Almost seven years after the financial crisis, bond investors are rediscovering their appetite for new debt tied to the housing market.

Mortgage applications increased 8.4% on an adjusted basis from a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage credit availability rose less than 1% in May, according to data released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Weekly demand for mortgage loans continues its trend of being consistently inconsistent.

The Mortgage Partnership Finance Program, a part of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, will now offer a higher maximum loan on its MPF Direct product.

Mortgage applications fell 1.6% on an adjusted basis from a week earlier, according to a weekly survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

First Internet Bank of Indiana is expanding its residential mortgage lending in its home state by offering the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development loan guarantee program.

Small loan amounts are offered at more expensive rates than those of higher amounts, according to an analysis of loan requests and quotes on Zillow Mortgages.

The number of mortgage loan products offered increased in April, driven by lenders adding the FHA's 203K home improvement program, VA offerings and jumbo products to their mix.

A lot of bankers want on-balance-sheet mortgages declared ultrasafe under federal rules, and Wells Fargo executive Brad Blackwell explains why he thinks it's in their self-interest more than ever to live up to their arguments in favor of such a policy.

The Boston and San Francisco Home Loan banks are poised to join the MPF Direct program, which allows FHLB members to sell jumbo loans to Redwood Trust.

Mortgage applications were down 4.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week of May 1, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Banks want all loans held in portfolio to be classified as ultrasafe regardless of the underwriting characteristics or of a bank's asset size. But consumer activists and independent mortgage lenders are raising red flags ahead of possible Senate Banking action.

Mortgage application activity fell once again as refinance volume dropped to its lowest level since September 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.

Credit Suisse is marketing its third RMBS deal this year called CSMC 2015-3.

A company that previously partnered with JPMorgan and Credit Suisse on private mortgage securitizations is now marketing its own.

Mike Cagney of Social Finance, honored Wednesday at LendIt's innovator of the year, chalks up his success to his company's "relationship-driven" model.

Mortgage loan application volume dropped 2.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended April 10 versus the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.