The regulatory language — years in the making and prompted by the growing market share of nonbank servicers — addresses capital, liquidity, stress testing and risk management among other things.

Among those filing missives: the American Land Title Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, National Association of Realtors, and the Structured Finance Association.

Even though the mediation effort has ended, Ocwen is still bidding on servicing portfolios...

The idea of settlement services packaging is not new...

What's more, the GSEs upped their share of the agency market to 75.8%, and dominated the overall single-family market as well...

The impairment rate didn't decline across the board. It increased for bank statement loans.

Industry watchers said implementing changes to the qualified-mortgage rule could be one of the biggest sticking points.

On the rural housing front, Freddie expects to increase its SFI purchase target from 3,600 to 3,900 loans in 2020 to as much as 4,800 units this year...

Late last week, Black Knight released its measurement: 2.83 million mortgages in COVID-related relief for the seven-day period ending Dec. 29. The FHA/VA (GNMA) reading increased by 11,000 units.

One twist: As part of the proposed transaction, Blackstone will take a stake in the Chicago-based GR. However, no specifics were provided.