Kvetching about mortgage servicing was down sharply too, off 23.1 percent compared with the third quarter.

In the announcement on dropping coverage, FBR quoted PHH management as saying “organic growth is hard to come by, strategic initiatives are taking longer to achieve, and prepayment speeds on the company’s MSR are still elevated…”

Super-jumbo lenders take note: Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion is now officially for sale.

One company that confirmed its interest in scratch-and-dent TRID loans is Mid America Mortgage.

All three agencies posted big increases in multifamily MBS issuance last year, with Freddie (up 65.4 percent) and Fannie (up 36.4 percent) leading the way…

The REIT had hoped to buy an originator too, but the transaction fell apart...

REITs have enjoyed this financial advantage so much that it’s unlikely they will fold on the issue without some type of battle.

The plaintiffs argue that state law prohibits the preferred stock of a corporation from getting a cumulative dividend right equal to all of a company's net worth...

90 cents on the dollar for a mortgage with TRID errors? That can't be welcome news...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s recent final rule limiting membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank system will reduce funding for originations of non-qualified mortgages and other non-agency activity, according to industry analysts. In recent years, many real estate investment trusts gained access to FHLBank advances via captive insurance companies. A final rule from the FHFA this month closed that so-called loophole, with the regulator claiming that Congress didn’t ...