Monique Rollins, deputy assistant secretary for the Treasury Department’s Office of Capital Markets, said the Treasury supports industry-driven efforts.

At one point should a mortgage originator hire a full-time attorney to oversee compliance?

High-cost loan limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will increase in 39 counties next year, up to a maximum of $625,500.

All of the red ink spilled on MSR marks in the third quarter will be reversed and turned into gains when servicers report their results early next year? “Generally, that’s correct,” said one mortgage CEO.

First on the IG's "to-do" list is an audit of the CFPB’s space-planning activities, largely in response to the bureau’s renovation of its headquarters building.

The average loan size is $15.36 million, the average interest rate 3.60 percent.

Freddie notes, “The volume of specialty servicing may shrink as the number of legacy loans dwindles, but specialty servicing is likely to remain an active part of the mortgage servicing industry…”

Barclays believes there is both an economic argument and a policy argument for reducing GSE guaranty fees…

"Many servicing functions resemble the assembly line processes used in auto manufacturing," said a new report from Freddie Mac.

It may be holiday week, but Interactive Mortgage Advisors is out with a handful of new MSR offerings...