Ever since Taylor Bean & Whitaker went down in flames a few years ago, the market for loans backed by mortgage servicing rights has been dormant with the nation’s largest banks pulling out of the business and vowing never to return. But now that MSRs are considered a “hot” investment with nonbanks such as Nationstar Mortgage, Ocwen Financial and Walter Investment Management gobbling up billions of dollars in receivables the past few years – and at bargain basement prices – banks, Wall Street firms, and other players are eyeing the market for a major comeback. According to servicing advisors and warehouse firms, there are...

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

Fannie Mae is working on a plan to sell billions of dollars of nonperforming loans in the second quarter.

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

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

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

GSE MBS issuance increased in January and the most likely explanation may be new, more seller-friendly repurchase policies at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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

Is BlackRock up to something regarding its investment in Redwood Trust?

New issuance of agency single-family MBS jumped 25 percent from December to January, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis. The most likely explanation for the sudden jump in agency MBS issuance may be that new, more seller-friendly repurchase policies at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went into effect for loans sold after Jan. 1, 2013. The revamped policies generally provide that the government-sponsored enterprises will not seek repurchase or indemnification for loans that perform for the first three years after origination. In the case of Home Affordable Refinance Program loans, repurchases will be waived...[Includes one data chart]