Redwood is in the market with a new jumbo deal, this one with loans that have little in the way of seasoning.

PowerLink Settlement, a service provider and appraisal management joint venture controlled by Fidelity National Financial and Homeward Residential, is shutting its doors.

IsZo Capital Management increases stake in Impac Mortgage.

HSBC is planning a large nonperforming mortgage auction that could happen early in the second quarter.

Lenders are looking at guaranty fee hikes of 50 basis points this year - maybe.

The market for nonperforming mortgages could turn white hot in 2013.

Walter Investment is buying the residential origination platform of Ally Bank for next to nothing.

If Wells Fargo sells MSRs more investment vehicles dedicated to servicing rights may spring up.

Banks and Wall Street firms are sticking their toes back in the water when it comes to making loans backed by mortgage servicing rights.

The state of Oregon this week inked a deal with the Treasury Department to use Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to help refinance underwater non-agency mortgages in what’s believed to be the first such initiative under the Obama administration’s Hardest Hit Fund program. The program, which will be tested in Multnomah County, OR, will roughly parallel the Home Affordable Refinance Program for underwater Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages. It’s also similar to a proposal developed by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, that would create a new federal agency to refinance underwater non-agency mortgages using funds generated through a new bond program. Many observers see...