If the Dow blows sky high interest rates could crumble…

Among the more interesting changes: the FHFA, for the first time ever, is asking GSE customers to hold capital against the dollar amount of Ginnie Mae mortgages they service: 35 basis points.

Valentin joins the government agency from Compass Point Research and Trading Group where he served as managing director/equity research analyst.

Quicken entered the market as an issuer of prime non-agency MBS in October of last year.

The new model could prove more attractive to portfolio and jumbo lenders who sell their loans into non-agency MBS…

In December, Mr. Cooper reported that pre-tax profit margins on originations fell to 1.1% in October and November from 1.3% in the third quarter.

Not a good sign: The three banks in the top five shed a combined $38.1 billion during the final three months of the year…

Vista Point Mortgage was launched about a year ago by Bill Ashmore, the former president of Impac Mortgage Holdings.

In a few weeks, Ocwen will report fourth quarter results. In trading Wednesday, its common was fetching $1.28 compared to a 52-week high of $2.45 and a low of $1.24.

Ryan, though, is quick to point out that the single security initiative is largely successful, not a surprise since he played a key part in its rollout.