Sales of purchase loans with private MI coverage fell 21.7%, while Ginnie recorded somewhat more modest declines in FHA (16.0%) and VA (18.0%) volume.

For Ocwen, the acquisitions represent a chance to grow its lending business and bolster its MSR portfolio.

The voluntary standards are in response to complaints from non-agency MBS investors regarding disclosure of loan performance amid the pandemic.

One big rah-rah fan of the GSE utility model is the National Association of Realtors...

The tide has turned on new loan applications, at least for now...

CSBS plans to reduce the subjectivity in standards for large nonbank servicers or potentially drop the standards altogether.

The combined overall delinquency rate for Fannie and Freddie dropped to 2.57% at the end of March...

The game is on: Ginnie Mae buyouts for loss mitigation/foreclosure purposes spiked in 1Q21 to $9.7 billion...

One headhunter, requesting anonymity, said experienced underwriters are no longer commanding salaries approaching $120,000 per year, though some aren't afraid to ask...

The rule “puts some real teeth behind the CDC’s COVID eviction moratorium,” according to Adam Levitin, a Georgetown Law School professor. He added that “some jurisdictions seem to be taking the CDC moratorium as merely advisory, rather than as binding law.”