What do Fannie/Freddie officials say about the walk-out? They were amused at the effort but declined to comment on-the-record.

Now that interest rates have stopped falling – at least, for now – the servicing acquisition market has shifted into high gear with talk of a steady stream of both flow and bulk transactions through the remainder of 2015. “This could turn out to be one of the best quarters of the year for sales,” said Mark Garland, president of MountainView Servicing Group, Denver. “If it’s not the best, it could be close.” Tom Piercy, managing member of Interactive Mortgage Advisors, noted...

Over the past few years, Flagstar has been a selective seller of mortgage servicing rights, lopping off packages as large as $40 billion.

Technology, like MBS, can be complicated. Just read the new FHFA report…

Ocwen blames the anticipated loss on lower revenue and higher operating expenses.

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, Ocwen may have a long way to go in meeting its production dreams...

Fannie Mae had a slight increase in HARP activity and accounted for 59.3 percent of the total for the two GSEs...

In 2Q, the GSEs earned $8.8 billion combined. Multiply that by four (quarters) and then three (years) and you get $105.6 billion.

Two companies – Wells Fargo and Bank of America – accounted for virtually all of the decline in bank MSR holdings during the second quarter.

Recently, Home Point added a large retail lending team from Great Plains Bank and Newman promised that “we have another large retail team scheduled to come on in the next several weeks.”