Though the CFPB wants to allow lenders to continue to use the patch for another 18 months, the PSPA requires Fannie and Freddie to cease buying patch loans as of July 1.

The mortgage hiring game in a nutshell: Loan officers are in demand, processors and underwriters, not so much.

SoftBank places a $500 million bet on the digitization of residential finance by taking a stake in Better.com. Also, mortgage earnings season has begun.

There’s more than one way to turn your mortgage company into cash. One is an IPO. The other is an outright sale. Will Caliber go the latter?

States hope to finalize standards for nonbank servicers despite strong opposition from industry participants. Details are still being ironed out, and implementation remains a concern.

Conditions are ripe to unload servicing assets, either on a flow or bulk basis. One factor: a fear of higher tax rates.

A number of groups representing lenders and consumer advocates said the CFPB should abandon an effort to extend the QM patch beyond July 1. The regulator also faces hurdles involving the GSEs and federal rulemaking requirements.

Cowen analyst Jaret Seiberg warned the CFPB could be “setting the stage for an enforcement avalanche” against lenders that foreclose on troubled borrowers.

The long running M&A saga of Genworth and its foreign suitor finally ended this week. Also, look for an FHA MIP cut down the road?

Mortgage industry groups continue to put pressure on the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to revisit the restrictions on the amount of loans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can purchase.