If Ocwen reenters the servicing market as a buyer it will be doing so at a time when MSR prices are the highest they’ve been all decade...

A number of investors noted that it’s difficult to find structured-finance products with attractive yields.

“I think everyone is on board,” said Colgate Selden, a former CFPB attorney and now managing director and head of regulation and compliance at Promontory MortgagePath.

The nonbank wholesaler, a unit of United Shore Financial Services, has been the top contributor to six of Redwood’s prime non-agency MBS of 2018.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is planning this fall to seek comment on the use of FHA downpayment assistance from programs run by entities owned by Native American tribes.

If current trends hold in the official barometer used for adjusting conforming loan limits, look for the baseline limit to go up about 8 percent next year.

Rumors were floating around this week that a large non-QM securitization deal could be in the works...

Expanded-credit mortgages accounted for less than 3 percent of total first-lien originations in the first half of this year.

Ocwen said its ability to utilize the NOLs to offset future taxable income may be significantly limited if the company experiences an ownership change.

Simone Grimes, who holds the title of special advisor, is still employed by the agency.