Eventually, PMFS hopes to securitize its originations through PMMIT. Initially, its maximum loan amount will be $10 million,

We’ve heard scattered reports about a new nonbank warehouse provider that is offering extremely cheap financing while asking for large fee payments upfront...

The Treasury Department noted that QRM standards do not include requirements for loan-to-value ratios.

Some 61 percent of mortgage executives believe lenders are overly restrictive with underwriting standards.

As one West Coast-based mortgage executive told IMFnews: “It can be a very tough space. You need lots of capital."

At the same time, the market share of GSE business has been redistributed toward the smaller lenders.

Just because a GSE uses a third-party vendor to assess the risk of seller/servicers as counter-parties that doesn’t mean the GSE – or their management – is off the hook if something goes awry.

A new poll from IMFnews and Inside Mortgage Finance suggests that lenders are hardly optimistic that the R&W changes will amount to anything.

At 7.59 percent, the hedge fund is now the third largest institutional investor in PHH.

The IMA package – top heavy with California and Florida loans – includes $110.8 million of Ginnie Mae receivables.