Is the refinancing boom finally over? Some mortgage bankers are beginning to get nervous.

Can Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac capture $93 billion in deferred tax assets - money that ultimately will flow through to the U.S. Treasury?

HUD may be forced to cut some of its vendors due to the federal sequester. Meanwhile, Two Harbors raises $673 million.

The Senate Banking Committee, as expected, approved the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB, but Republicans are not happy about the structure of the young agency.

FHFA chief Edward DeMarco on Tuesday criticized Congress for doing nothing in regard to GSE reform.

At the end of the year, banks and thrifts serviced $5.323 trillion of home mortgages for other investors, giving these MSRs an asset value of $41.43 billion.

It would appear that Kondaur Capital of Orange, CA, is once again actively seeking out portfolios of nonperforming loans.

Walter Investment Management lost money in the fourth quarter and for the full year but that's because it's been gobbling up billions of dollars in mortgage servicing rights.

Fannie Mae could be in line to book $60 billion in assets, money that could be counted as net worth and change its immediate financial outlook.

Mortgage banking units owned by banks and thrifts generated $1.55 trillion in loan sales during 2012, a 36.9 percent jump from the previous year.