Founded by former Goldman Sachs executive Donald Mullen, Pretium Partners bills itself as a specialized investment management firm with roughly $6.5 billion of assets under management.

One mortgage CEO who runs a California-based shop told IMF his firm recently was in a pinch and paid a $1,500 “rush fee” to an appraiser to get a deal done on time.

Freddie expects originations to hit $2.0 trillion this year, a 14.3 percent sequential improvement…

The privately held Stearns Lending is already “offering mortgage banking services” to the homebuilder’s customers…

Margaret Sweeny, the judge presiding over the case, is growing increasingly frustrated with the government’s attempt to keep documents out of the public domain

So, what’s wrong with banks and financial service companies offering sales quotas? Nothing at all, if...

Despite improvement in securitization returns, jumbo whole loan sales are still more profitable, KBW said.

In fact, these two categories are responsible for more than 75 percent of all defects.

“We’re extremely concerned the CSP would be transferred to a nonprofit or a corporation where the board members include executives from JPMorgan Chase or GE Capital,” CMLA's Corso said.

As rates increase, more deals are hitting the market...