At the end of March, Two Harbors affiliate TH Insurance had $464.5 million of outstanding secured advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.

Before joining the FHFA in late 2011, Hornsby spent 26 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the last 10 under Janet Yellen, who is now the nation’s central banker.

Radian will be finance the purchase through the issuance of debt. In 2013, Clayton had annual revenue of $135 million and net income of $9.1 million.

One of PHH’s largest private label clients is Merrill Lynch, which is owned by Bank of America.

FHFA chief Mel Watt said he would not “elaborate on these issues today,” but promised “you will certainly be hearing more about this as we move forward.”

“The first thing we found is that homeowners need to know that they’ve been assigned a trusted advisor who will help them navigate the work out process,” explained one Fannie Mae official.

CSP watchers say the GSE platform is starting to look like an orphan under director Mel Watt. But will Watt mention the project in his first public speech next week?

Redwood Trust officials said its next jumbo MBS likely will be issued late in the second quarter.

Of late, nonbanks are showing an increasing interest in buying delinquent loans out of Ginnie Mae pools.

Based on what Freddie's Layton said, one might think that going forward, the GSEs might barely break even. Maybe that’s why the GSEs – and not necessarily Mel Watt – want to hike their guaranty fees…