The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed controversial changes that would place greater burdens on MBS issuers and potentially increase privacy concerns for borrowers.

SIFMA said the FHFA should view g-fees not as “static amounts,” but rather as compensation for credit enhancements that may vary from time to time.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in July posted a combined increase in the volume of single-family mortgages they securitized, according to a new Inside The GSEs analysis.Fannie and Freddie issued $57.9 billion in single-family mortgage-backed securities in July, a 12.3 percent increase from June. However, July’s MBS issuance was down 59.0 percent on a year-to-date basis.

Last week’s announcement by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta that it would participate in the Mortgage Partnership Finance program, which is managed by the FHLBank of Chicago, “closes the circle” by ensuring that all 12 FHLBanks now are part of a mortgage securitization program, according to an industry observer. …

A fair question to ask is this: If DOJ goes after Mozilo, why not go after the owners of Ameriquest/Argent which created so much of the faulty subprime product that Greenwich securitized?

In its statement announcing the settlement, BofA stressed, “The claims relate primarily to conduct that occurred at Countrywide and Merrill Lynch prior to Bank of America's acquisition of those entities.”

Most servicing advisors – and stock analysts – continue to believe Ocwen will complete the Wells deal, probably sometime this fall. “Who else is willing to buy it?” said one source.

An agency spokesman told IMFnews that as a “general matter” the CFPB considers transfers significant if they involve at least 5,000 loans.

Servicing advisors told IMFnews that many of the bulk deals they have been seeing of late are $4 billion in size or under.

“I’m wondering how many people buy homes outside of buying them with cash,” Ryan said during the webinar. “To me it’s that serious.”