January 2014 marked the fourth month in a row where combined agency securitization included more purchase-money mortgages than refinances, according to Inside MBS & ABS.

Some 18 lenders contributed to the security, all of which were disclosed – somewhat uncommon for jumbo MBS.

Is Caliber's parent toying with an IPO for the lender? After all, hedge funds like to “build and flip,” not build and hold forever…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also decided to eliminate the list of CFPB team members participating in a review.

Despite the findings of the Inspector General's office regarding appraisal reviews, the GSEs’ recent books of business are considered to be of pristine quality.

PennyMac had 229 correspondent partners at the end of 2013 and Kurland said the nonbank is looking to work with small sellers.

Treasury’s “Third Amendment” to the PSPA – which replaced the quarterly GSE dividend payment with a “net worth sweep” of all company profits – was the culmination of a calculated administration effort, according to former Solicitor General Ted Olson.

According to company correspondence provided to Inside Mortgage Finance, Green Tree's target date for exiting the wholesale/broker channel is mid-April.

Federal regulators have, for all intents and purposes, completed their work on the qualified residential mortgage standard. This means the final rule’s release could be imminent.

The nation’s third largest FHA servicer also admitted that it failed to inform the government mortgage insurers when its own internal reviews discovered more than 500 defective loans that never should have been submitted for coverage.