This spring, loanDepot was rumored to be a takeover target of Internet retailer Amazon.com…

Funding for Quicken's new reverse mortgage will come from securitization…

We know of one large subservicer that’s for sale (Ditech Financial), but a second processor may also be considering offers.

The biggest increase has been in the new breed of Alt A securities…

Overall, RBS underwrote $261.1 billion of subprime securities during the go-go years...

The new MBS from Neuberger Berman is backed by loans originated by Impac Mortgage Holdings…

The majority of loans in expanded-credit mortgage-backed securities are adjustable-rate mortgages, while such loans are few and far between in prime non-agency MBS, according to a new analysis by Inside Nonconforming Markets. [Includes one data chart.]

More competition is coming into the nascent business of aggregating non-qualified mortgages and issuing mortgage-backed securities drawn by the market’s potential for profitable growth.

A number of lenders have introduced new non-agency products in recent weeks, with an emphasis on expanded-credit jumbo mortgages.

Redwood Trust, which helped pioneer the return of the jumbo mortgage-backed securities market earlier in the decade, reported net earnings of $33.0 million for the second quarter, down 29.7 percent from the previous period.