Two Harbors revealed that it is advanced talks to purchase a potentially significant portfolio of mortgage servicing rights later this year.

For the first time in six years, the four surviving private MIs reported a combined profit on their domestic MI business during 2Q13.

Who says that wholesale lending through loan brokers is dead? Carrington Mortgage and other firms are expanding in the sector.

Portfolio recapture, wholesale, and builder channels accounted for almost 79 percent of its fundings in 2Q.

The White House believes that the current housing finance system, where the government guarantees more than 80 percent of all mortgages through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA, is unsustainable.

Is refi specialist CashCall still on the auction block?

The guidelines follow the Senate’s passage last week of the Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013.

According to an IRS private-letter ruling, certain excess servicing rights would constitute a real-estate asset, and income from the spread would be treated as interest on obligations secured by mortgages on real property.

The market for residential servicing rights continues to gain momentum with two new offerings from The Prestwick Mortgage Group.

Mortgage brokerage firms added new workers in June but at a very slow pace, a sign that the origination market is slowing.