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

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.

The rating service singles out Ocwen Financial, Nationstar Mortgage, Walter Investment Management, Quicken Loans, Provident Funding and PennyMac Loan Services, all of which have significantly increased their MSR portfolios.

An organization chart of the post-deal company provided to IMFnews has RFC’s Michael Isaacs being put in charge of “consumer direct” at PMAC.

A veteran player in the jumbo ARM market said one investment bank in particular has “had lots of layoffs.”

American Advisors Group, whose spokesman is former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson, R-TN, led with $1.05 billion in reverse mortgage originations and a 9 percent market share.

An industry source said lenders in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario housing market are gearing up to petition HUD to recalculate the FHA loan limits in those areas.

New Penn Financial accounted for almost 81 percent of mortgages included in the jumbo deal. In the past, the lender’s originations have been securitized by the affiliated Shellpoint Partners.

Industry advisors briefed on the servicing project noted that changing the minimum 25 basis point servicing fee has some firms on edge.

It's nice to know that some lenders are willing to take on risk. Check out the new FHA/VA product from New Penn Financial: a 560 FICO minimum.