One webinar panelist noted: "It reconfigures every disclosure that we had before."

The proposed ban is coming under heavy fire from different factions of the mortgage industry, including the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, REITs and even private investors that own mortgage stocks.

Ranieri and Goodman are worried that the creation of a single GSE security could morph into a drawn out and multi-year process.

As written, the proposed rules from the FHFA could cause mortgage insurance premiums to spike.

The days of the megabanks – Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America – buying mortgage companies (of any size) are over. Never again. Right?...

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.