It’s not clear whether thousands of other – much smaller – mortgage servicers grew enough to offset the decline in the top tier.

PennyMac Financial Services also originated $8.9 billion of home mortgages in 1Q, an 11.3 percent increase compared to the previous quarter.

Two Harbors is developing a network of lenders that will sell MSR assets to the company on a flow basis.

Like Freddie Mac, Fannie cautioned that future earnings will be lower because of the company’s mandate to shrink.

The legislation would provide a temporary transitional license and give loan originators 120 days to pass testing standards...

Most firms report the earnings/loss figure in the first or second paragraph of their press release, but not Stonegate Mortgage.

Now that brokers are gaining traction, the big question becomes: how much more market share can they gobble up?

Fun fact: First Republic was the only bank among the top five contributors to jumbo MBS issued in the first quarter.

Nearly every firm tracked in the Inside Mortgage Finance Large Servicer Delinquency Index reported improvements in mortgage performance during the first quarter...

Among all FHA originators, Bank of America ranks eighth nationwide, based on January figures...