The four private mortgage insurers that survived the housing market collapse reported a combined $38.3 million in net income during the second quarter of 2013, the first positive result for the group since the second quarter of 2007, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. Over that time, the four firms racked up a staggering $19.23 billion in losses, watched three competitors go down the drain, cobbled together various regulatory compliance strategies to stay in business and saw a huge chunk of the market get gobbled up by the FHA. But one new entrant gained...[Includes two data charts]

Redwood Trust said it expects to hit its goal of acquiring $8 billion in non-agency jumbos in 2013, “but it won’t be easy" company officials said.

According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, FHA has nearly exhausted its $25 billion authority for FY 2013 to insure multifamily, risk share and health care programs.

In other words, if Fannie keeps earning money at this rate, it could repay its “debt” to Treasury by year-end or the first quarter of next year.

According to figures compiled by IMF, U.S. Bank Home saw its residential fundings slip to $18.62 billion in the second quarter compared to $22.46 billion in the first.

Wells Fargo cuts 760-plus mortgage workers. Meanwhile, Bexil American enters the New Jersey market through the wholesale channel.

Specifically, Sen. Warren says she wants information on seller/servicers that were granted price breaks and the “basis” for “granting more favorable terms.”

Industry observers are reacting favorably to what is known about a recently announced agreement between Fannie Mae and the newest entrant to the mortgage insurance space to take up a risk-transfer transaction with the government-sponsored enterprise. In a agreement finalized July 15 but announced just last week, National Mortgage Insurance Corp. said it came out on top of a formal bidding process with Fannie to insure a pool of approximately $5.0 billion in mortgages as the GSE looks to expand its risk sharing with private entities. “Fannie Mae selected...

In the wake of EverBank’s recent exit from the wholesale/broker channel, there appear to be signs of expansion in the sector with nonbanks leading the charge. But mortgage brokers shouldn’t get their hopes up too much: Many of those expanding are nonbanks and none are likely to fill the void created by the megabanks – Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo – which began pulling out three years ago. “I truly believe...

Ocwen Financial expects to reach a settlement with state attorneys general regarding servicing practices “very soon,” according to Ronald Faris, the servicer’s president and CEO. State AGs have been working for more than a year to get other servicers to agree to terms similar to the $25 billion settlement reached with five large bank servicers in February 2012. A person with knowledge of the negotiations said terms with Ocwen have yet to be finalized or sent to the 50 state AGs, suggesting that it could be weeks before the settlement is completed. The source added that future settlements with servicers are likely to be reached on an individual basis, not bundled as they were with the settlement that involved Ally Financial, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. Ocwen’s Faris said...