Capital standards for nonbank mortgage firms is inevitable. But what should the requirement be?

“If g-fee increases were being used to build up enterprise reserves, instead of being swept under the Treasury agreement, we would be more open to such increases,” said the CHLA.

Lenders financed $11.9 billion of conforming-jumbo mortgages – loans greater than $417,000 – through Fannie, Freddie and the FHA during the second quarter.

“Our intention is to be a top tier lender,” said Newman.

it appears the halcyon days of legacy MSR sales are over. Or so Ocwen is telling Wall Street.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions has rolled out a new operating platform for brokers, table funders and third-party vendors.

Although the Federal Reserve has tapered its agency MBS purchases significantly, the central bank continued to grow its holdings during the second quarter.

Wells and JPMorgan Chase are no longer the dominant forces they once were in warehouse lending, ceding market share to more nimble bankers...

One observer familiar with Stegman’s remarks said, “I think it’s clear that he likes what Redwood is doing in the system.”

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-AL, agreed with Warren’s criticism of the government’s failure to prosecute individual bankers, but he faulted the Department of Justice, not financial regulators...