Loan brokerage firms are continuing to hire, even though their market share declined slightly in the first quarter.

One investor paid $100,000 per unit for a special class of Fannie Mae preferred.

Feedback from residential servicers indicates that the number of new loan modifications on mortgages in non-agency MBS this year will be near levels seen last year.

Why is the share price of Fannie Mae's junior preferred stock rising so much? Also, send Freddie Mac "back to the future"?

A new modification program from Freddie Mac also will pay mortgage servicers $1,400 per unit for each successful loan restructuring.

If. Sen. Franken has his way, the MBS rating system will change. Meanwhile, top executives at Impac Mortgage clean up.

Income tied to residential servicing was down 27.7 percent for the 10 lenders as a group.

Investors have stepped up to the plate, buying new large bulk MSRs put out for auction by Interactive Mortgage Advisors.

Although 2013 will turn out to be a decent year in terms of residential production, next year could be quite ugly.

Investment funds are continuing to salivate over mortgage servicing rights.