The government is seeking due diligence reviews performed by Clayton, as well as all communication between the clients for whom the company performed such work.

With origination profits leveling off, some mortgage bankers are looking to cash out. But can they still get top dollar?

Carrington Mortgage is in the market to buy residential servicing rights. Meanwhile, the mortgage application losing streak has ended.

America’s Homeowner Alliance said it will defend low downpayment loans and the mortgage interest deduction.

Purchase mortgages accounted for 39 percent of the loans included in the new Credit Suisse jumbo MBS deal. The weighted-average combined LTV was 71 percent.

Bank of America has once again unloaded a decent-sized chunk of mortgage servicing rights, this time Ginnie Mae product.

Among correspondent buyers of mortgages, SunTrust ranks 10th nationwide, according to half-year 2013 figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance.

As reported by IMFnews late last week, Stewart Title is buying Allonhill, a due diligence firm based in Denver. Meanwhile, look for billions of dollars in NPL sales soon.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities accounted for 74 percent of combined FHLB MBS portfolios in the second quarter, up 2 percent from 1Q13.

In a letter dispatched to CFPB Director Richard Cordray, MBA stresses that mortgage firms are not being allowed enough time to properly comply with the January 2014 implementation of the bureau’s many new rules.