Banks began reporting third quarter results and, as might be expected, negative servicing marks were quite noticeable.

Mortgage industry groups largely support a proposal by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that would ease disclosure requirements for privately-placed non-agency residential MBS.

JPMorgan Chase Bank and Flagstar Bank are separately issuing MBS backed by mortgages eligible for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Flagstar Bancorp originated $9.3 billion home mortgages in the third quarter, posting a net profit of $63.0 million, according to figures released Tuesday morning ...

The nation’s largest lender/servicer Wells Fargo drew the most gripes, with Mr. Cooper and Ocwen Financial, finishing second and third respectively.

Across all LTV bands, the share of purchase loans with low FICO scores fell from 12.88% in the second quarter to 12.29% in the third.

The $638.2 million MBS follows a $788.9 million deal that Chase brought to market in August. Only a handful of MBS from other issuers this year have topped $400 million...

Roughly 65.1% of SunTrust’s production came through the correspondent channel.

A single-director structure at the CFPB in which the president has complete authority to put some new in charge will be even more negative for financial firms than the status quo, said one analyst.