Fannie Mae is still the most prolific author of single-family MBS, accounting for 46.6 percent of agency MBS outstanding at Dec. 31.

Fannie and Freddie don't get out of bed in the morning without first talking to the FHFA. (Then again, the two are in conservatorship.)

Although RoundPoint isn’t taking any questions regarding a possible sale of the company, it recently published a statement regarding its co-issuance and subservicing businesses.

Getting information out of Seterus about its business is like trying to crack the Kremlin.

Although Ocwen is out of compliance with the NYSE, it continues to sell mortgage servicing rights. Late Monday it disclosed a $25 billion MSR sale to Nationstar.

Fitch said the downgrade was tied to Green Tree’s “aggressive portfolio growth,” noting that the nonbank grew its MSR portfolio by almost three-fold over the past two years.

But when the letter first came to light one little fact was not readily known: that Devaney was also an Ocwen shareholder.

"There was a deal, but it went by the boards," said one source close to the servicer.

In a letter sent Sunday to trustees of the MBS, Ocwen tried to rebut claims made in January by BlackRock, PIMCO, Metropolitan Life and others...

Urban Institute's Karan Kaul noted that some banks have opted to keep mortgages that are eligible for sale to the GSEs.