What's the outlook for making mortgages collateralized by homes located in federal flood plains? Answer: Not so good.

Several large bulk MSR deals are pending, but can they get done before year-end?

“Eminent domain may be a local matter, but in the context of seizing mortgages, its use would have national consequences,” the four senators write in their letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.

The fast growing Walter Management also will sell $500 million worth of senior notes through a private placement.

Just how big is Wells Fargo's Ginnie Mae market share? At Sept. 30, the bank controlled 31.53 percent of the market. Its closest competitor was JPMorgan Chase with a mere 11.75 percent.

Over the past two years, the FHA endorsed 9,183 loans between $600,000 and $729,750

How much individual sellers pay for their g-fees is one of the best-kept secrets in the industry.

The GSEs are beginning to take in a significant amount of money from R&W settlements, but both stand to reap an even larger windfall from a pending civil lawsuit filed by the FHFA against 17 issuers of private label MBS.

Meanwhile, the regulator Monday morning unveiled new “master policy” requirements for the MI industry, which will make it harder for insurance firms to get out paying claims on defaulted mortgages.

Standard & Poor’s recently published an updated estimate of likely losses stemming from mortgage-related litigation, finding that banks face future costs of $56.5 billion to $104 billion.