“We’ve seen a number of new CIDs issued by the CFPB,” said Ben Olson, a partner at Buckley Sandler.

Mortgage recruiter Rick Glass: "Expenses are simply out of alignment. Many shops are telling me they have no more room."

Most major servicers of jumbo mortgages increased their portfolios in the third quarter, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. Combined, 30 servicers handled an estimated $1.06 trillion of jumbo mortgages as of the end of September, up 2.7 percent sequentially and 10.7 percent from a year ago. Only four of the servicers posted lower jumbo portfolios on an annual basis, and one of the firms, Ocwen Financial, is under ... [Includes one data chart]

Among the top 15 servicers of subprime mortgages, only one grew its portfolio over the 12 months prior to the end of September, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. The increase was posted by Citadel Servicing Corp., which is boosting its portfolio with originations of nonprime mortgages. Citadel handled a subprime portfolio with an unpaid principal balance of $1.80 billion as of September-end. The portfolio grew ... [Includes one data chart]

Lenders and their warehouse providers have been openly worrying about thinning profit margins for several quarters now with liquidity a primary concern.

“With the turmoil at the CFPB, states are feeling that they have to fill the void,” said Daniel Suvor, counsel at O’Melveny & Myers…

The Chicago-based GR has been making loans in Hawaii since 2015…

Through the first nine months of the year, mortgage banking income was up 20.9 percent from the same period in 2017.

According to a statement issued by Ocwen, while at Fannie Yanoti was responsible for developing the common securitization platform.

Cowen believes Mnuchin will survive the turbulence but notes the situation still poses a risk to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the big banks…