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...

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.

JPMorgan Chase is working on a jumbo MBS deal but it may place the bond in the the private market.

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

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?

Officials at the federal agency that proposed a significant overhaul of securitization disclosures three years ago are concerned about uncertainty caused by the pending rule and it’s unclear when, or even if, a final rule will be issued. Troy Paredes, a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, would not comment on when the so-called Reg AB2 rule would be finalized. “It may or may not get done,” he said last week at the American Securitization Forum’s ASF 2013 conference in Las Vegas. The SEC initially proposed...