Fairholme: “Only the disingenuous would assert that recapitalization of these companies would take decades and come at taxpayers’ expense…”

The CFPB also took action against two realty firms: ReMax Gold Coast and Keller Williams Mid-Willamette...

Tom Hutchens of AOMS, said “a lot” of his optimism about higher nonprime origination volumes for 2017 is tied to securitization. “This is now a liquid market,” he said.

The nomination of investment banker Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department moved forward Wednesday...

A fun fact for nonbanks: Depository institutions among the top 50 servicers reduced their holdings by 1.2 percent during the same period.

The company’s motion arises in an unusual procedural context…

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods is worried about the prepayment risk that comes with owning so much Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac servicing rights…

The largest Fannie/Freddie servicers are still Wells Fargo, JPMorgan and Bank of America, but all three continue to shrink their exposure to GSE product...

All of the loans are current, though Fitch noted that 20.4 percent are “dirty current,” having experienced recent delinquencies or incomplete pay-strings…

The trade group’s blueprint also throws cold water on any piecemeal “recap and release” plan for Fannie and Freddie.