But there’s a catch: the portfolio has a delinquency rate of 11.5 percent and foreclosures of 1.5 percent.

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

Blackrock and PIMCO were among the firms cited as avoiding new non-agency MBS deals…

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

The unit will continue to be headed by industry veterans Tad Dahlke and Hal Hermelee...

However, some large commercial banks are willing to remain in the market through correspondent arrangements…

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

Will FHA hike its premiums? Maybe, maybe not...

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

Recently, Inside Nonconforming Markets published its second quarter ranking of expanded-credit lenders, but Deephaven did not appear.