Mortgage brokers originated 21.3 percent of Golden State mortgages during the first nine months of the year...

In 3Q the top seller of mortgages into the secondary market was Wells Fargo with $39.29 billion, a 12.7 percent sequential improvement.

SunTrust wouldn’t comment on the charge other than to note that the issue has been previously disclosed.

MountainView did not identify the company selling the servicing rights except to say it is a “well capitalized servicer.”

Who knows, maybe Mel Watt will allow Fannie and Freddie to build retained earnings. (Don’t bet on it, but it’s an issue worth debating.)

Rep. Scott Garrett, R-NJ, is concerned that Fannie and Freddie have resumed lobbying, at least in subtle ways.

A spokesman for Royce recently told IMFnews that the Congressman will look “to get something through the 114th Congress to put a stop to this…”

The 2013 GSE book of business is getting a lot more attention from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

FIG Partners will now buy or sell performing and non-performing residential mortgages and much more.

The Congressional Budget Office in December opened a new approach to GSE reform that could become a middle ground between GOP hardliners who want to entomb Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and lawmakers who want to keep some form of the current system. One way to reduce the GSEs’ footprint in the mortgage market would be to auction a limited supply of Fannie and Freddie mortgage-backed securities guarantees to the highest bidders, the CBO suggested ...