However, bankers and advisors who ply their trade in the MSR market have told Inside Mortgage Finance there is adequate financing available to nonbanks.

To date, Watt has maintained that he did not do anything legally wrong...

Rumors were floating around this week that a large non-QM securitization deal could be in the works...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency could do a better job at utilizing the information it gets from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fraud reports, according to the agency’s Office of Inspector General.

Simone Grimes, who holds the title of special advisor, is still employed by the agency.

Ocwen said its ability to utilize the NOLs to offset future taxable income may be significantly limited if the company experiences an ownership change.

Roughly 86 percent of the mortgages are purchase-money loans...

The trading peak for the year came in February at $239.2 billion.

ICBA: “They [Freddie] can say whatever they want to, but financing MSR crosses the line.”

Meanwhile, Hindman doesn’t see Amazon or Google buying an existing mortgage franchise...