Vericrest Financial is said to be the winning bidder on a $16 billion package of mortgage servicing rights. However, the company would not comment.

Although Rep. Hensarling rebuffed Cordray, the CFPB chief delivered the agency’s semi-annual report to the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday morning.

Obtaining approvals to become a GSE seller/servicer can cost you, but think of the money you can make from owning servicing rights.

Perhaps, the FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance fund won't need a bailout after all: In 1Q delinquencies fell by just over 9 percent, according to exclusive figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance publications.

Modeling changes that have been proposed by insurance commissioners could increase loss forecasts and prompt sales of non-agency MBS.

The Basel III accords may never happen, but if they do, some large servicers will have to reduce their MSR footprint.

Navy Federal, which is headquartered in one of the hottest housing markets in the nation, saw residential fundings almost double in the first quarter.

When it comes to jumbo MBS deals, Redwood Trust is on a tear this year.

A top official from the CFPB last week tried to tamp down industry anxiety over the presence of bureau enforcement attorneys during examinations. It’s more about maximizing synergies and promoting efficiency and consistency than it is a harbinger of trouble, he basically said. “Our approach of having enforcement personnel involved in the examination process has garnered a great deal of attention,” CFPB Acting Deputy Director Steven Antonakes conceded before attendees at the American Bankers Association’s government...

Sometimes the most significant thing to come out of an encounter with a newsmaker is not what he says but what he hears. Such was the case last week when CFPB Acting Deputy Director Steven Antonakes addressed attendees at the American Bankers Association’s government relations event in Washington, DC, and took questions afterwards. During the question-and-answer portion after his prepared remarks, one attendee told Antonakes that small banks in Oklahoma are exiting the mortgage business in a number of small communities over fears of potential...