The latest risk-sharing transaction from Fannie Mae references a $29.31 billion pool of mortgages.

Talk about red hot! Sales of Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights soared in fiscal 2013, Inside Mortgage Finance has learned.

It may be time for the mortgage industry to take a chill-pill: applications are on the rise again, rates have stabilized and some firms are actually hiring loan officers.

Meanwhile, Ginnie Mae securities posted a pocket-sized increase within the Federal Home Loan Bank system during the period ending Sept. 30, 2013.

Waiting for a revival in jumbo MBS issuance is like waiting for Godot.

The GSEs' largesse is gaining new attention in Washington with the news that the two helped the U.S. government post a budget surplus of $53 billion in December.

The megabanks no longer have a total "lock" on the MBS issuance market. But is this trend short-lived?

MSR sales, in general, are expected to be brisk in the first quarter as lenders sell receivables to make up for declining originations.

However, the greatest earnings impact could fall on such mid-sized mortgage firms as PHH Corp., Redwood Trust, and PennyMac Financial Services.

We continue to hear reports that Walter Investment Management is talking to a fairly large nonbank about a possible acquisition.