Growth was strongest in the wholesale-broker channel…

There could be substantial revisions to some major mortgage-related rulemakings from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the direction of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, such as the ability-to-repay rule and the mortgage servicing rules.

PIMCO is shaking up its mortgage banking affiliate, First Guaranty Mortgage Corp., Tysons Corner, VA, paving the way for the departure of long-time company president and CEO Andrew Peters, Inside Mortgage Finance has learned.

Investors are increasingly interested in financing mortgage servicing rights and investing in ex-cess servicing spread strips, according to the law firm of Hunton & Williams. The firm helped a number of companies structure MSR financing transactions last year.

The Community Mortgage Lenders of America is also against the concept of guarantors being lenders or having lending affiliates.

The Mortgage Bankers Association and the American Land Title Association have joined forces to produce a model piece of legislation to help standardize the process of online notarizations.

In total, 63 lenders contributed to the new MBS from Deephaven…

In November of last year, Capital One disclosed it would exit the mortgage business, which it entered eight years ago by purchasing Chevy Chase Bank.

CFPB's Mulvaney: “If the CFPB loses a court case because we pushed too hard, we simply move on to the next matter. But where do those that we have charged go to get their time, their money, or their good names back?”

Ocwen is trying to put its regulatory problems in the rearview, while focusing on being a subservicer…