“Bank, nonbank – it doesn’t matter to us. We look at where the risk to the consumer is and we try to execute our program against that,” said Peggy Twohig, assistant director in the CFPB’s Office of Supervision Policy.

Borrow short and lend long? Is there a problem with that? Don't tell that to Jamie Dimon of JPM.

One mortgage technology expert had this to say on the Ellie Mae shutdown: “This is going to get ugly. Real money is lost when you can’t close loans on time.”

The two have petitioned Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to designate Fannie and Freddie as SIFIs. Being an SIFI means the two would be subject to higher capital standards and greater scrutiny – as though the two aren’t under enough scrutiny as it is.

Most industry fortune tellers expect the mortgage market to rebound somewhat as home-buying season warms up. (There are daffodils in Washington.)

One source familiar with Ellie Mae told IMFnews that the technology provider has a long list of potential acquisitions.

One executive, requesting his name not be used, said, “It completely wrecked our last day of the month. We were unable to sending closing packages, send disclosures, export files and such.”

Servicing deals, both flow and bulk, continue to hit the market.

A group called The 60 Plus Association has released TV and radio ads in seven states targeting Senate Banking Committee Members who are sponsoring GSE reform legislation. The group claims the bills “allow the government to take over the mortgage industry in an action 'disturbingly similar' to Obamacare.”

Although some jumbo market participants have called for a reduction to GSE loan limits, most of the mortgage industry – and members of Congress – prefer the current levels.