We even heard one report that a non-QM firm is contemplating an initial public offering. It sounds crazy, we know…Meanwhile, it appears the states want a say in MSR transfers...

Ocwen said it has fixed the "back-dating" problem but it may be too late for the company.

After all, didn’t America suffer a housing “depression” because credit was too loose? Some GOP conservatives in Congress live by the edict: those who can own; those who can’t rent…

At press time, the firm’s share price was getting crushed, down 25 percent on the day to a new 52-week low of $19.89.

Servicing brokers expect a land rush of servicing deals before yearend.

Charbonneau, Klein and other advisors report that mortgage M&A activity is the strongest it has been in years.

What does IBM have to do with the mortgage business? Actually quite a bit, IBM is one of Fannie Mae’s largest technology vendors...

In defining misrepresentations, FHFA will set a minimum number of loans that must be identified with one of the six trigger elements.

Government attorneys sought to block Howard’s access on the grounds that he owns Fannie shares and would be biased.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was critical this week of aspects of the student loan securitization process as well as servicer performance as it issued its latest annual report on private student-loan borrowing. The report analyzed more than 5,300 private student loan complaints between Oct. 1, 2013, and Sept. 30, 2014, an increase of 38 percent over the previous year. “Lending practices in the private student-loan market in the years preceding the financial crisis shared...