HSBC is planning a large nonperforming mortgage auction that could happen early in the second quarter.

GSE reform could see the light of day after all - or at least an attempt at it.

Redwood is in the market with a new jumbo deal, this one with loans that have little in the way of seasoning.

If Wells Fargo sells MSRs more investment vehicles dedicated to servicing rights may spring up.

The market for nonperforming mortgages could turn white hot in 2013.

In a market that grew by 15.9 percent in 2012, Moody’s increased the volume of ABS deals it rated by just 6.9 percent over its activity in 2011.

Banks and Wall Street firms are sticking their toes back in the water when it comes to making loans backed by mortgage servicing rights.

Lenders are looking at guaranty fee hikes of 50 basis points this year - maybe.

Officials in the financial services sector are making a fresh push to alert the mortgage and residential mortgage-backed securities industries to the potential pitfalls that delinquent homeowner association accounts pose for them. “The securitization industry has little understanding” of homeowner and other types of community associations, collectively referred to as HOAs, said Jason Serrano, co-head of structured products and managing director for securities at Oak Hill Advisors ...

Real estate investment trusts focused on investing in agency mortgage-backed securities were called out last week by Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy Stein. Industry participants acknowledge the Fed’s concerns and suggest that agency REIT investment strategies will naturally shift as yields on the products have declined, among other factors. Stein warned of “overheating” markets and pointed to agency-focused mortgage REITs. “When I say that the market for a particular class of credit instruments ...