Institutional investors tend to avoid any stocks that are priced below $5 a share. At press time, Walter’s stock was trading at $3.40.

Radian recently reported net earnings of $61.1 million for the fourth quarter…

Phoenix Capital is offering a private jumbo MSR portfolio sized at $216 million…

The Cato Institute is a conservative think tank and a quick read of Calabria’s blog makes it sound like he favors getting the government out of the MBS guaranty business...

Analysts at FBR Capital Markets said the revised Financial Choice Act has “little chance of passage” in the Senate.

The revised Financial CHOICE Act from Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, would substantially limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Risk-retention requirements for the majority of MBS and ABS sectors were in effect by the end of December, and industry participants have largely adjusted to them, according to analysts. The Dodd-Frank Act generally requires sponsors of ABS, non-agency MBS and commercial MBS to retain at least 5.0 percent of each deal. The retention requirements for residential mortgages took effect at the end of 2015, though most deals have been backed completely by qualified mortgages, which makes them exempt from risk retention. Other asset types have...

Blame the whole loan-hungry megabanks for the low mortgage securitization rate?

The bulk of the contributions for the MBS were aggregated by Invictus’ Verus Mortgage Capital affiliate. Servicing will be handled by Specialized Loan Servicing.

The two GSEs were placed in conservatorship in September 2008 by Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency. At the time, their common and junior preferred shares were considered worthless.