In the past year and a half, banks have started holding an increasing share of conventional conforming mortgages in portfolio instead of securitizing them through the government-sponsored enterprises. Industry analysts suggest GSE guaranty fees are the reason. In the first half of 2015, 91.6 percent of the estimated $442 billion in originations of conventional conforming mortgages were included in mortgage-backed securities. In 2013, 97.0 percent of the estimated $1.17 trillion in conventional conforming originations were securitized, according to an Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. “Securitizing conforming mortgages in agency MBS has become...

According to a rate sheet, the minimum loan amount on the rental properties is $250,000 while the minimum number of properties is five...

Moody’s found that completed foreclosures for bank-serviced loans in Florida averaged 1,077 days or three years...

Bank returns on mortgage activities turned sharply negative during the recession of 2007 through 2009 before rebounding and becoming consistently positive by early 2011.

Meanwhile, it would appear that the revolving door for mortgage CEOs might be taking another spin soon...

Sen. Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, no longer wants to kill Fannie and Freddie outright...

Ginnie Mae has expressed concern about the influx of nonbanks into its MBS program and their ability to remain as active participants.

On its largest MSR auction of the year, MountainView said the high bid came in at a multiple of 3.95-times the servicing fee.

And keep in mind there are some Ocwen investors who are hoping that the company will be sold and the share price will spike.

Ginnie Mae is considering the implementation of stress testing for MBS issuers to see whether they can withstand the worst economic and financial market conditions. Over the next couple of years, Ginnie Mae will develop a framework for stress testing modeled after the Dodd-Frank Act’s supervisory stress testing currently required of bank holding companies, said Gregory Keith, senior vice president and chief risk officer, during a recent Ginnie Mae summit. The test will subject...