At the midway point of 2015, the group’s $8.061 billion in year-to-date mortgage-banking income was up 15.1 percent from the first six months of 2014.

Company CEO Dan Perl said the privately held nonbank has been receiving several applications for loan amounts ranging from $2.1 million to $2.7 million...

Clayton Holdings noted that 75.9 percent of the mortgages were originated via the retail channel with the balance coming through loan brokers.

But only 33.0 percent of California mortgages had primary MI coverage, compared to 46.6 percent for the nation as a whole.

Greystone Servicing Corp. originated all of the 44 notes in the deal.

According to one published report, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering John Coffey as the next superintendent for New York Department of Financial Services.

Ginnie Mae said new MBS issuers need to gain some experience in the agency’s program before they are allowed to do servicing transfers, but some newly approved issuers have attempted to do so. Roy Hormuth, director of single-family securitization at Ginnie Mae, said there has been some misconception among new issuers about doing a co-issuance program in their first month in the Ginnie program despite the fact that they are not ready for it. New issuers must first demonstrate that they can successfully manage the servicing themselves before they can transfer servicing immediately, he said. In a co-issuance transaction, a company sells...

Potential investors in RoundPoint Mortgage include PIMCO, which so far has spent several million dollars on due diligence and legal costs...

“Of course, there are no guarantees, and all of our announced sales may not close as we currently envision,” said Ocwen's Ron Faris.

Stop the office renovations? The CFPB may be unconstitutional after all...