The American Securitization Forum, a high profile trade group that focuses on MBS issues, is in turmoil with several of its board members quitting.

Speculation is mounting that International Business Machines may have the contract to build the new single-platform MBS unit for FHFA.

GMH Mortgage Services, which is barely five years old, has hired GMAC veteran Frank DiMaio to run national sales.

Freddie Mac wants to move more REO properties and plans to expand out its stable of financial options and lenders.

Some lenders are concerned about the coming 'FHA Scorecard' and the ability of certain large funders to make their numbers look good.

It appears the GSE "common" securitization platform will happen this year.

Citadel Servicing has raised $200 million in capital to originate residential subprime mortgages. Does this mean subprime lending is "back"? Answer: yes and no.

Officials at Redwood Trust took pains last week to defend differences in the real estate investment trust’s business model compared with other REITs that focus on investing in mortgage-backed securities. Some investors have been critical of low dividend payments from Redwood, but the REIT said its dividend payments are not directly comparable to other REITs. “Analysts and investors puzzle about how to categorize Redwood and how to value our company,” Martin Hughes and Brett Nicholas ...

Just when you thought the debate over fair value and historical amortized cost has faded into the sunset, along comes a new empirical study that reinforces the view that fair-value calculations are a better predictor of bank failure. Published by the American Accounting Association, the study suggests that leverage based on fair value provides the earliest signal of financial trouble – at least two to three years prior to failure compared to other measurements. This finding is consistent with ...

Credit Suisse came to market with its first jumbo MBS deal of the year with Quicken Loans dominating the collateral.