Morgan Stanley recently increased its ownership stake in Fortress which in turn controls a large block of Nationstar stock.

Nationstar Mortgage has agreed to buy the settlement services unit of Equifax.

The Federal Housing Administration is cracking down on down payment assistance programs, tracking the source of gift money.

Residential mortgages sourced through the correspondent channel and sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased by 26 percent in 2012 compared to the year before.

FHA is looking at $133 billion of troubled mortgages.

City National Bank of Los Angeles is entering the mortgage warehouse business.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have developed a prototype of its standard securitization platform.

Ally Bank will originate and keep jumbo mortgages in the bank's portfolio.

Mortgage bankers of all sizes continued to report strong earnings on their mortgage banking operations during the fourth quarter of 2012, but the salad days may be over.

HLSS may branch out and buy mortgage servicing rights from companies other than Ocwen.