Clayton Holdings was the first firm to receive an assessment from rating services as a deal agent…

Yet another new jumbo MBS deal is hitting the market. This time from an affiliate of Shellpoint…

The jumbo mortgage market generally kept pace with the robust growth in first-lien originations last year, but the agency component clearly did better than the non-agency side, according to a newInside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. An estimated $534.57 billion of single-family mortgages with loan balances exceeding $417,000 were produced last year, an increase of 20.0 percent from 2015. That was in line with the 19.0 percent growth in total first-lien production in 2016. But the agency jumbo market – loans in high-cost markets eligible for securitization by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae – was...[Includes three data tables]

Commercial banks and thrifts reported a combined $123.8 billion of ABS on their balance sheets at the end of last year, a 3.7 percent drop from the third quarter…

Still, lenders and servicers that fail to comply with the established legal framework run the risk of an unenforceable e-note…

Since Fairholme filed its “takings” case the government, Uncle Sam has turned over 48,000 documents totaling more than 500,000 pages.

The agency share of total jumbo production reached its highest level in 2009 and 2010, immediately after “emergency” high-cost loan limits were put in place…

JPMorgan said 50 investors bought into the bank’s latest jumbo MBS. Typically, 20 to 30 buyers line up…

Four mortgages from First Republic Bank were subject to limited reviews that didn’t include checks for compliance with TRID.

Just three depositories ranked among the top 15 issuers for February…