One official described the situation: “Just more house cleaning now that Harold [Lewis] is gone. Most of the senior people leaving were his supporters.”

One of the departing executives at Nationstar Mortgage used to work at JPMorgan Chase, Fannie Mae and Macquarie Bank…

Compared to a year ago, bank mortgage servicing for others – nearly all of which is connected to MBS – was down 6.1 percent.

The regulator said Guarantee – which is in the process of liquidating – paid its LOs, in part, based on the interest rate of the loans they were bringing in.

They called on policymakers to “embrace” nonbanks and address unintended regulatory impacts that are seen as driving banks out of portions of the mortgage market.

FCI’s clients include private money lenders, hedge funds, investment companies and others.

According to exclusive figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, BofA is the second largest player in second liens at $139.1 billion in holdings.

A statement issued by MBA president David Stevens does not comment on the merits of the two cases but blames the CFPB for issuing LO comp rules that are not clear.

Though down from April, it was still significantly higher than at any time in 2014, when production averaged just $77.46 billion per month.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority started publishing pricing data for a broad range of ABS this week in an effort to increase transparency. Industry participants suggest that the new disclosures will prompt a decrease in trading and have some impact on pricing. The ABS pricing details are available through the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine and include deals issued as 144A private placements. “The dissemination of transaction information in ABS is...