Bottom line: These smaller shops will need to make additional capital investments to effectively compete against larger seller/servicers.

At press time, mortgage stocks were mixed (up or down slightly), with the exception of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Both were up about 5%...

Although the smart money is on a late May or early June decision in the GSE case, some observers believe the court could rule earlier than that —  in fact, the decision may be imminent.

Almost two decades ago, General Electric spun off several of its insurance-related businesses (including mortgage insurance) into a new unit, creating Genworth.

The culprit: a downturn in purchase-mortgage activity...

The seller is described as a bank-owned mortgage company, one with “very experienced leadership that is well-versed in servicing transfers.”

In 2017, the Inspector General found 57 instances, over a five-year period, of violations of the COI policy in place at the time. The wrongdoers: senior executive officers...

When it comes to Ginnie EBOs, sales are done both servicing-retained and servicing-released.

The coalition includes the American Bankers Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association and the Center for Responsible Lending...

FHFA says it always expected the fee to still be in place in December...