Compass Point predicts the measure now has a 40 percent to 60 percent chance of passage under the omnibus spending bill.

Select Equity, when reached by IMFnews, declined to comment on why it reduced its position in the lender/servicer...

In case you were unaware, Joe Garrett has never been a big fan of the CFPB, but unlike some advisors, he is willing to state his feelings on-the-record…

A growing number of loans are being dropped from commercial MBS deals before they reach securitization, according to Fitch Ratings. While most of the loans dropped had lower balances, under $20 million, the rating service is concerned that the unusually large amount of loan drops over the last 12 months could point to a lack of due diligence by lenders prior to sending the initial loan information to rating agencies or B-piece buyers. For example, in 28 Fitch-rated deals for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2015, about 1,000 loans were dropped, the rating service said. That number represented 30 percent of the final transaction amount. “There is...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency “should require the GSEs to be much more transparent in their risk-sharing transactions,” said the Urban Institute in a new report.

During his career, Wind has held senior mortgage posts at not only JPM and EverBank, but Aurora Loan Services and Citicorp Mortgage.

Some 66.5 percent of the loans to be included in the MBS are purchase mortgages. The mortgages have seasoned for four months, on average and none were delinquent at the time the deal was priced.

It should be noted that Google became a licensed mortgage broker in the Golden State...

This lender said finding good appraisers can sometimes be a challenge and predicted that eventually appraisals on such mortgages could cost upwards of $1,000…

Moody's said the results suggest that some lenders are having difficulty complying with the new TRID rules, a credit negative...