For now, nonbanks that fund non-QMs must sell them to an investor unless they have a balance sheet. Securitizations likely won’t happen until sometime in 2015.

The Finance Agency filed suit against HSBC and 17 other firms in 2011. The two remaining defendants in the cases include Nomura Holdings and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Delta Prime Refinance was the business trade name used by Intermundo.

Is it time to sell shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

One webinar panelist noted: "It reconfigures every disclosure that we had before."

The proposed ban is coming under heavy fire from different factions of the mortgage industry, including the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, REITs and even private investors that own mortgage stocks.

Ranieri and Goodman are worried that the creation of a single GSE security could morph into a drawn out and multi-year process.

As written, the proposed rules from the FHFA could cause mortgage insurance premiums to spike.

The days of the megabanks – Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America – buying mortgage companies (of any size) are over. Never again. Right?...

Capital standards for nonbank mortgage firms is inevitable. But what should the requirement be?