More clarity on the matter is expected later this month when Ginnie is set to release new guidance at the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives just wage slaves? And is there something wrong with that?

The watchdog arm of Congress noted that the Treasury hasn’t implemented 6 out of 24 recommendations relating to housing programs funded by the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

In other servicing-related auctions, The Prestwick Group is working on three bulk deals and three flow transactions.

Wingspan is a specialty servicer, a space that is looking increasingly crowded these days.

Quick question: What’s the difference between student loan debt and mortgage debt? One is impossible to extinguish by going through bankruptcy.

The initiative – which is being spearheaded by The Collingwood Group – comes at a time when the share prices of publicly traded mortgage companies have reached new lows.

Back in May, Pershing Square founder William Ackman said the common stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be worth at least $23 a share. Huh?

Calvin Wong of Morningstar noted that rating shopping is most obvious in the commercial MBS market

The market for non-agency MBS backed by nonperforming and re-performing home loans has grown exponentially in recent years. However, the sector remains relatively small and regulatory concerns persist regarding servicing practices. At the ABS East conference produced by Information Management Network last week in Miami Beach, Susan Valenti, a director at Wells Fargo Securities, said $1.0 billion of non-agency MBS backed by nonperforming loans and re-performing loans was issued in 2011, followed by $2.0 billion of such issuance in 2012, $5.7 billion in issuance in 2013 and $5.2 billion in issuance thus far in 2014. Most of the deals aren’t...