Wells Fargo, which began accepting digital mortgage applications earlier this year, is about to take an even bigger step into digital mortgages, as the megabank announced Monday morning that it is going to begin buying eNotes (electronic promissory notes). To facilitate this expansion of its mortgage business, Wells Fargo is partnering with eOriginal, a digital solution provider for the mortgage industry and a HousingWire Magazine Tech100 winner in 2018.

HousingWire is getting its fair share of oh-so important news being released during this week's annual meeting of the minds at the MBA annual. Here's just the good stuff.

BRAWL has given mortgage brokers a real voice in the industry – one that can’t be ignored. The movement sparked meaningful change that has helped mortgage brokers grow their business. It started professional dialogue between brokers and wholesale lenders that, in many cases, has led to mutually beneficial solutions and working partnerships that are stronger than they were previously.

The reverse mortgage industry has taken a bit of a beating in the past year following significant program changes from HUD, but HECM lenders are nothing if not resilient. We’ve compiled a list of the top 10 players in the space and a summary of the approach each has taken to stay afloat in the current climate.

As interest rates have risen over the last several months, mortgage originations appear to be trending down, especially in the refinance space. Wells Fargo reported Friday that it originated $46 billion in mortgages in the third quarter, which is down 22% from last year’s total of $59 billion during the same time period.

Sarah Friar, the highly thought-of chief financial officer of Square, was considered to be a potential replacement for Jack Dorsey as CEO should Dorsey ever decide to run Twitter full-time (Dorsey is CEO of both Square and Twitter). But that won’t happen anymore.

Brian Montgomery's role as FHA commissioner is a far cry from back when he thought he’d become a geologist, before housing “got into [his] blood,” as he tells HousingWire Editor-in-Chief Jacob Gaffney in our latest, exclusive podcast series: 6 Questions for 6 HUD Executives.