How bad is it? Since 2010, liquidations amounting to $3.89 billion led to $2.88 billion in CMBS losses, a 74.0 percent loss severity.

It doesn’t get any better than this: Ginnie Mae production hit a record $545 billion in 2016…

A recall of the defect taxonomy would be a blow to lenders…

Spencer Stuart, headhunting firm, aided the MI in its search for a new CEO. A few months back former Freddie Mac executive Bruce Witherell was approached about the job, but passed.

Complications tied to making payments (loan servicing, payments, escrow accounts), were identified by 33 percent of consumers filing a complaint.

Phillips, managing director of financial markets/client solutions at BlackRock, is well known in MBS circles for his early days at First Boston…

Besides the GSEs, one Fairholme’s most speculative investments is Sears Holdings Corp., the struggling retailer…

Six weeks into the new year and it appears that merger-and-acquisition activity in the mortgage industry is finally picking up – big time. Over the past 10 days, several – mostly “asset” related – deals have come to light, with the action being driven by private-equity money that’s backing nonbank lenders. Wall Street giant The Blackstone Group, which has a PE division, is involved as well. So far, the only depository that appears to be playing in the M&A surge is...

Quicken Loans ranked third in terms of contributions to prime non-agency MBS…

The CFPB said Prospect Mortgage entered into agreements to buy leads from more than 200 different counterparties, most of which were real estate brokers.