Esaki and White propose allowing issuers to choose any number of rating services to submit credit support levels for a particular MBS or ABS, paying a bid-preparation fee for each estimate.

When Walter Investment released fourth quarter results last week it declined to hold a live earnings call – somewhat of a rarity…

A proposal from a former high-ranking official at S&P Global Ratings to reduce incentives for rating shopping has been met with skepticism and resistance from officials at other rating services. Howard Esaki, the former global head of securitization research at S&P Global Ratings, and Lawrence White, a professor of economics, NYU Stern School of Business, recently published a proposal to reform the process for how rating services are selected to grade MBS and ABS. They said...

At the end of 2016, the supply of outstanding home-equity loans fell to $595.4 billion from $607.9 billion the year prior…

There have been scattered reports that some lenders and brokers are still chasing quick-turn refis aided by secondary market investors offering to buy and securitize those loans.

SFIG’s said its RMBS 3.0 task force will be holding calls during the next two weeks to discuss ongoing work in the latest areas of focus…

In early March, Stiles filed notice to sell 11,931 shares of Nationstar common at a price of $18.40 a share or $219,530.

Although 2017 is expected to be a down year for originations, Freedom Mortgage – already a top-10 ranked lender – is poised for growth via mergers and acquisitions and is pondering deals for both servicing rights and other shops. Company CEO and founder Stanley Middleman told Inside Mortgage Finance bluntly: “We’re shopping.” Although Middleman declined to name any targets, he said...

Waiting for a change in the GSE PSPAs is like waiting for Godot...

The CSP project comes with a cost: roughly $454 million has been spent so far...