Another REIT ramping up advances is Two Harbors Investment Corp., which – like Redwood – is active in the jumbo MBS market.

In a statement, company CEO William Shepro said of new clients: “…our sales pipeline is strong and we are in varying stages of discussions with larger prospects.”

The trade group also is seeing an increase in mortgage "pull-through" rates.

One competitor to TCB said he is aware of the correspondent launch, but said “So far, they haven’t gotten any traction with our customer base.”

Of the 40, just two firms suffered a sequential volume decline. You’ll have to see IMF to find out which ones.

Several large servicing portfolios of $1 billion or more hit the market in the past few weeks, but dealmakers and investors continue to wonder about the largest prize of them all: RoundPoint Mortgage, Charlotte, NC, which owns roughly $52.18 billion of receivables and ranks among the top 25. Investment banking officials who claim to have knowledge of the RoundPoint situation maintain that its owner, The Tavistock Group, is hell-bent on selling the nonbank, but as far as coming to final terms with a buyer, any buyer, that’s a different matter. It’s...

Some consultants and analysts would add Stonegate Mortgage to the list of negatives weighing on the mortgage equities market.

MSRs purchased by Hatteras will be held at Pingora Loan Servicing with the "excess" receivables going to the parent company due tax benefits enjoyed by REITs.

Many mortgage lenders continue to press the bureau – or failing that, Congress – to formally provide an extended “hold harmless” enforcement period...

It appears that Democrats just won't give up on trying to tap guaranty fee revenue.