Total MBS and ABS issuance rose almost 3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012 to $515.3 billion during the first three months of 2013, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS analysis and ranking.

The bulk servicing market is beginning to generate heat. The latest offering comes from Interactive Mortgage Advisors, but other deals are in the works as well.

Freddie Mac has a new head of single-family: David Lowman, an industry veteran who in the past headed mortgage operations at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup.

The FHFA has extended the popular HARP 2.0 program until the end of 2015. But what about HARP 3.0?

The White House expects huge profits over the next 10 years from - drum roll please - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Two-thirds of the nearly 2,000 real estate agents that responded to a Campbell Communications and Inside Mortgage Finance survey want mortgage closings in 30 days or less.

Wells Fargo has unloaded most of - but not all - of its remaining servicing rights tied to reverse mortgages. However, the bank says it is still "committed" to seniors through home equity loans.

More than 10 bidders showed up for a recent auction of new Fannie Mae servicing rights, a sign that the MSR market is getting hot.

Borrowers with loan-to-value ratios greater than 105 percent accounted for 47 percent of HARP volume in January.

The upcoming White House meeting on mortgage and housing issues may not address loan standards at all. Wells confirms plan to hire MSR 'project manager.'