Nationstar sets a target goal of amassing $500 billion of mortgage servicing rights.

Massachusetts will not join other states in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s, but instead will conduct its own fraud probe tied to CDO ratings.

First Guaranty is experiencing strong growth in its servicing business. Meanwhile, lenders worry about higher net worth requirements from the GSEs.

Residential mortgages sourced through the correspondent channel and sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased by 26 percent in 2012 compared to the year before.

City National Bank of Los Angeles is entering the mortgage warehouse business.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have developed a prototype of its standard securitization platform.

Standard & Poor's, which had a huge ratings market share tied to subprime MBS, was sued by the government for negligence.

Mortgage bankers of all sizes continued to report strong earnings on their mortgage banking operations during the fourth quarter of 2012, but the salad days may be over.

HLSS may branch out and buy mortgage servicing rights from companies other than Ocwen.

Nationstar Mortgage closes on servicing deals.