“This is a seminal change,” one GSE observer told us.

To significantly reduce credit risk, all mortgages sold to Ginnie 2.0 would require a private credit enhancement attached to the loans…

Ocwen Financial continues to rule the roost in terms of subprime servicing…

PennyMac Financial is a top-10 ranked lender and may soon break into the top-10 in servicing as well…

The poor stock performance of this group has bloodied the water for mortgage IPOs...

Accelerated growth through the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights is an undertaking that remains challenging to the industry, said the MMC…

One observer noted: “Talk about a government takeover! This feels third-world to me…”

Analysts at PiperJaffray said the agreement “removes the near-term risk of Altisource being liquidated.”

Perhaps, the time is drawing near to once again raise the thorny issue of whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development should cut FHA premiums...

Declining interest rates have thrown a monkey wrench into mortgage servicing sales this year, but investment bankers and advisors are seeing an increase in new auction notices, even though pricing remains muted. Moreover, some market-makers expect an eventual boom – but only if interest rates would rise a bit and stay that way. “There hasn’t been a lot of activity of late…