W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital announced a number of new jumbo mortgage products this week. Among the offerings is a loan with a 10 percent downpayment requirement for balances of up to $850,000.

The report, conducted by Alvarez & Marshall, was making the rounds in Washington Wednesday morning. John O’Neill, a managing director in the evaluation firm of Alvarez & Marsal, confirmed to IMFnews that his company conducted an evaluation on the GSEs for the Blackstone Group.

M&A specialists believe that some lenders obtain their Ginnie approvals merely for the purpose of increasing their franchise value without having solid plans to issue securities.

The only sector that has a higher securitization rate is the government-insured market, where Ginnie Mae production represented 98.5 percent of FHA and VA lending.

It would appear that Wells Fargo is raiding the senior staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Of course, it could be a mere coincidence.

Translation into English: If you bought Ocwen’s stock at $60 and it’s now trading at $40 and you’re really steamed, give us a call.

An estimated $272 billion of non-agency jumbos were originated in 2013, accounting for 14.4 percent of total production.

In a 10-K filing, PHH said its mortgage business relies on just two firms for 41 percent of its private-label retail business: Merrill Lynch Home Loans at 29 percent and Morgan Stanley at 12 percent.

Servicers would face annual government certifications and biennial examinations by the new regulator/insurance fund. Minimum operational and management standards would be created for internal controls, recordkeeping, audit systems, and reporting, to name just a few.

For lenders that contribute at least 15 percent of the loans included in an issuance, Fitch said it will conduct an enhanced operational review of the lender’s origination program and underwriting guidelines.