A declining inventory of problem home mortgages and REO played a key role in Bank of America slashing the workforce of LandSafe by roughly 10 percent.

Redwood Trust is coming to the jumbo well once again. Its new MBS is roughly $577 million in size.

Is privately held nonbank Mortgage Master the Big Kahuna of residential lending in Massachusetts?

The fast growing Ocwen Financial won the bid for Ally Financial's residential servicing portfolio.

A new Supreme Court opinion may force the SEC to speed up its investigation of certain MBS fraud cases.

When residential originations thrive, so does the warehouse lending sector, and 2012 was no exception.

The GOP wants to know why the CFPB has spent so much money on outside contractors.

Fannie Mae is working on changes that may give some mortgage bankers relief on buybacks.

Wall Street executives involved in MBS fraud may not be off the hook quite yet.

H.R. 450: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act, introduced by Rep. Bill Posey, R-FL, would amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the CFPB into the regular appropriations process. The bill is a re-introduction of H.R. 1640 from the 112th Congress. Current status: referred to House Financial Services Committee. S. 190: The Restoring the Constitutional Balance of Power Act of 2013, introduced by Sen. Mike Johanns, R-NE, would prohibit the transfer of funds from the Federal Reserve that would be used by the CFPB “to carry out activities that are authorized...