The nation’s largest mortgage investing REIT, Annaly Capital Management, reported a $627 million loss in the third quarter compared to a $900 million profit in 2Q.

According to Freddie’s recent 10-Q filing, the GSE has plenty of NPLs left to sell.

Wells Fargo once again ranked first among all GSE sellers with a market share of 15.3 percent in October, almost triple that of the number two ranked Quicken Loans.

“I don’t think it does a lot of good to play the ‘blame game’ and I don’t think that’s where the solution lies,” said Brian Benson, CEO of ClosingCorp.

According to a transcript of the earnings call, PHH also is contemplating exiting the FHA program.

KBRA noted that this will be the first post-crisis deal to include a significant contribution of mortgages from UBS Bank.

Mortgage broker employment hit a multi-year low of 55,200 jobs in the spring of 2011, but the sector has steadily added workers...

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Meanwhile, regional banks appeared to weather the quarter better than other sectors of the mortgage industry…

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae issued $107.19 billion of single-family MBS last month, a 5.6 percent decline from September’s volume.