Low interest rates have pushed FHA prepayments to 34 percent above actual predictions while claim payments are 24 percent below predicted levels in 2014, according to the agency’s most recent quarterly report to Congress. Actual loss rates of 47.43 percent remained below the actuarially projected 54.65 percent, the report showed. Meanwhile, the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund account balances totaled $46.2 billion in the fourth quarter, no change from the previous quarter ...

Meanwhile, Citigroup continues to see its servicing “for others” portfolio shrink...

In general, depositories have not been active buyers of mortgage companies, though that’s starting to change somewhat.

Is the bloom off the rose in the single-family home rental market? Some institutional investors are shedding assets.

Where are these FHA loans migrating to? “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” said Chappelle.

BofA continues to carve down the size of its mortgage servicing portfolio.

The remaining undrawn taxpayer commitment to the GSEs is $258.1 billion dollars, Stegman noted.

The Wall Street firm hunting for mortgage acquisitions is not a depository like JPMorgan Chase...

Ocwen officials stress that the company has made significant progress in strengthening its operations and capital structure.

“The greater comfort that banks have in the current regulatory environment has situated them as more potential buyers of mortgage servicing product than was the case several years ago,” Fitch Ratings said.