The largest holder of MBS among the 12 regional banks is the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco with $22.02 billion.

There has been plenty of talk about mortgage M&A, and now it appears that deals are finally happening.

For such assignees, the bureau would select one of the following alternative periods for the right to cure: 270 days after loan delivery, or 120 days after such assignee’s discovery of non-compliance.

Will a coming boom in the production of non-qualified mortgages help residential lenders survive the origination slump?

Sen. Shelby is an Alabama Republican with a populist streak who is no friend of the GSEs, but he may side with shareholders of the two companies who are getting shafted by Treasury “sweeps.”

To participate in the MSR market, institutional investors must partner with licensed and compliant servicers.

In case you haven’t noticed, many mortgage stocks are trading much closer to their 52-week lows than their highs.

The Treasury Department will hold meetings with issuers of non-agency MBS in the coming months to pick their brains on how the government can assist in uncovering "new paths" to increase private investment.

While jumbo mortgage securitization is currently attractive to issuers, industry analysts suggest that volume will remain limited this year due to a number of factors.

The home-equity origination market rebounded somewhat during 2013, but none of these loans are winding up in new securities.