The average loan size is $215,080, the average loan-to-value ratio 72 percent. The first round of bidding is scheduled for next Wednesday, June 25.

Norcom wants its wholesale account executives to be in the office, not traveling the roads.

Although the Wells Fargo-Ocwen MSR transfer is still on hold, other institutions continue to trim their mortgage servicing portfolios.

Outside of CitiMortgage and SPS, no other servicers received one-star ratings on the seven metrics tested for the Treasury in the first quarter of 2014.

Analysts point out that bank earnings have suffered less than revenues, and many institutions responded quickly by downsizing their mortgage operations, although these cost-cutting efforts won’t show up in expenses immediately.

Bettenburg earned a base salary plus bonuses of roughly $781,742, according to the S-1 statement.

At the FHFA, Singh was involved in strategic planning to help attract private capital to the mortgage industry, a key goal of former Acting Director Edward DeMarco…

Other “fair servicing” issues have to do with fee waivers and discretion in loss mitigation.

Can James Furash, another former top Countrywide executive, pull a Stan Kurland, and turn AmeriHome into a mortgage juggernaut?

Commercial banks and savings institutions continued to pare down their portfolios of mortgages serviced for other investors during the first quarter, according to a call-report analysis by Inside Mortgage Trends. Banks and thrifts serviced a total of $4.56 trillion of home loans for other investors, most of which was associated with mortgage-backed securities. That was down 3.2 percent from the fourth quarter and marked the eighth consecutive ... [Includes one data chart]