The hunger for GSE speculation is also causing some investors to buy Fannie/Freddie common which has been rising of late, but not by much. However, one GSE watcher believes that buying the common, "is a fool’s game."

The HUD pools had an estimated unpaid principal balance of $10.7 billion and a broker price opinion of $8.2 billion.

Casey is responsible for all origination and operations functions at the top 10 ranked lender

Moody’s notes that all three have grown their production operations – a positive – but question whether over the long term whether they can compete with banks in the “prime” market.

More than $85 million in peer-to-peer mortgages were originated in 2013 via National Family Mortgage. It may double that performance this year.

Smaller residential mortgage servicers are going to be challenged by the increased costs of new servicing requirements from the CFPB as they seek to opportunistically grow through strategic acquisitions, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings. “Many U.S. residential mortgage servicers have been working diligently to meet the new servicing requirements,” the Fitch crew said in a recent analysis. “Many large servicers have already made significant progress towards meeting the Jan. 10, 2014, deadline, in particular those servicers...

Industry analysts predict that the New York ruling will limit rep-and-warrant claims on vintage non-agency MBS as well as future claims on recently issued jumbo MBS.

Radian's Loan Amount Estimator enables lenders that are capping their debt-to-income ratios at 43 percent to calculate maximum loan amounts and sale prices based on the MI product selected.

Ginnie Mae gave seller/servicers a heads-up on the longer approval times in late November at an “education summit” in Washington attended by both new and existing issuers.

The mortgage industry is once again at a crossroad. What will save lenders? Answer: cash-out refis, non-QM loans, and 80-10-10s.