Stable interest rates are making refinancing less attractive to the newest mortgage borrowers, which should keep prepayment rates very low.

Can Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac capture $93 billion in deferred tax assets - money that ultimately will flow through to the U.S. Treasury?

HUD may be forced to cut some of its vendors due to the federal sequester. Meanwhile, Two Harbors raises $673 million.

It would appear that Kondaur Capital of Orange, CA, is once again actively seeking out portfolios of nonperforming loans.

Fannie Mae could be in line to book $60 billion in assets, money that could be counted as net worth and change its immediate financial outlook.

Mortgage banking units owned by banks and thrifts generated $1.55 trillion in loan sales during 2012, a 36.9 percent jump from the previous year.

Historically, many banks have deducted expenses associated with REO, but all that may soon change thanks to a new IRS ruling.

Citibank continues to finance PennyMac and its affiliates. The bank recently increased a repo line it had with the publicly traded REIT.

Nine Attorneys General, unhappy with the pace of loan modifications, are calling for the immediate dismissal of acting FHFA director Edward DeMarco.

Nearly all banks and thrifts gradually increased the fair market value they calculated for their mortgage servicing rights during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call report data. At the end of the year, banks and thrifts serviced a total of $5.323 trillion in home mortgages for other investors and they valued these MSRs at $41.43 billion. The ratio of fair market value of the MSRs to unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others was ... [Includes one data chart]