Fortress Investment Group has raised $1.6 billion to buy mortgage assets, including servicing rights.

The CFPB has warned the mortgage banking industry that it should pay close attention to loss mitigation work when servicing rights are transferred.

FHA single-family production rose 22.3 percent in 2012, but another increase in the mortgage insurance premiums will likely accelerate the program’s three-year decline in market share.

JPMorgan Chase is working on a jumbo MBS deal but it may place the bond in the the private market.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency this week killed a plan being heavily promoted by Fannie Mae to reduce force-placed insurance rates.

Is PennyMac Financial Services, which just filed for an IPO, really part of PNC?

HUD has released its long-awaited “disparate impact” final rule, sending notification to the industry that housing policies and practices can be determined to be discriminatory not simply through their intent, but also by their effect.

GSE MBS issuance increased in January and the most likely explanation may be new, more seller-friendly repurchase policies at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Wells Fargo is contemplating selling some of its massive $1.906 trillion residential servicing portfolio while maintain a subservicing relationship with the end consumer.

Hedge fund giant Cerberus is forming a mortgage investing REIT that will target not just MBS but servicing rights and related assets.