The mortgages were originated by Lone Star affiliate Caliber Home Loans, but also LendSure Mortgage and Sterling Bank & Trust.

In case you haven’t noticed: the national debt is ready to crack the $20 trillion mark – almost twice the dollar volume of outstanding residential debt in the United States.

A reason to worry: several federal consumer financial protection laws give direct enforcement authority to the states…

In the FirstKey deal, the loans have seasoned for an average of 10 years…

The MBA said the calls would generally be from servicers to borrowers, seeking to determine the reasons and nature of a delinquency…

Moreover, anyone close to Richard Cordray has likely been working on their resume since Tuesday night, Nov. 8…

The insurance conglomerate is structuring direct investments in residential and commercial mortgages and other whole loan types…

Fannie Mae common has a “market cap” of $17.68 billion while Freddie is valued at $9.79 billion…

Fitch believes commercial banks will continue to unload servicing rights…

Mortgage applications rose 5.5 percent for the week ending Nov. 18, 2016, versus the prior week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The Refinance Index declined 3 percent from the previous week to its lowest level since January 2016. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 19 percent from one week earlier. …