But it’s not just talk of capital standards for nonbanks that has some in the industry spooked – it’s the issue of what constitutes capital.

The FHFA IG seems to be singling out one nonbank megaservicer in particular. But the Inspector General isn't naming names...

For such assignees, the bureau would select one of the following alternative periods for the right to cure: 270 days after loan delivery, or 120 days after such assignee’s discovery of non-compliance.

Will a coming boom in the production of non-qualified mortgages help residential lenders survive the origination slump?

The most profitable business for Fannie and Freddie is loans with high credit scores and LTV ratios of 60 percent or less.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew acknowledged that HAMP hasn’t been as successful as the Obama administration would have liked.

In case you haven’t noticed, many mortgage stocks are trading much closer to their 52-week lows than their highs.

The Treasury Department will hold meetings with issuers of non-agency MBS in the coming months to pick their brains on how the government can assist in uncovering "new paths" to increase private investment.

While jumbo mortgage securitization is currently attractive to issuers, industry analysts suggest that volume will remain limited this year due to a number of factors.

The home-equity origination market rebounded somewhat during 2013, but none of these loans are winding up in new securities.