President Obama, during his State of the Union address, urged Congress to get the HARP 3.0 refinancing program off the ground.

Officially, the GSE net-worth minimum is set at $2.5 million, but some in the industry think it will double eventually.

The CFPB said mortgage lenders can ask the agency "important" interpretation questions on the many rules that it finalized this year.

Fortress Investment Group has raised $1.6 billion to buy mortgage assets, including servicing rights.

The CFPB has warned the mortgage banking industry that it should pay close attention to loss mitigation work when servicing rights are transferred.

FHA single-family production rose 22.3 percent in 2012, but another increase in the mortgage insurance premiums will likely accelerate the program’s three-year decline in market share.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency this week killed a plan being heavily promoted by Fannie Mae to reduce force-placed insurance rates.

Is PennyMac Financial Services, which just filed for an IPO, really part of PNC?

Wells Fargo is contemplating selling some of its massive $1.906 trillion residential servicing portfolio while maintain a subservicing relationship with the end consumer.

Hedge fund giant Cerberus is forming a mortgage investing REIT that will target not just MBS but servicing rights and related assets.