“Acting” is a title worn by many political appointees in the current administration…

PennyMac – launched by former Countrywide Financial executive Stanford Kurland in 2008 – has been using the MSP servicing platform since its inception.

There was some positive news in the form of originations. Ocwen funded $412.2 million in forward and reverse mortgages in 3Q, declaring that its annualized run rate (based on October production) now totals $2.6 billion.

JPMorgan Chase was the top earner in the third quarter with $886.0 million in mortgage banking fees and related income, a three-fold increase from the previous period. However, the huge gain comes with a significant asterisk…

In 3Q19, PennyMac Financial Services, the nation’s fifth largest home lender, earned a record $121.9 million.

Genworth’s sale to China Oceanwide Holdings is still pending. The deal was struck back in 2016. So what’s the hold up? The short answer: Selling anything to China is complicated these days...

The combined portfolio of the top five servicers actually declined slightly during the third quarter. Megabanks Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America shed a combined $26.8 billion during the third quarter, with $20.0 billion of that taking place at Wells. Mr. Cooper Group, the largest nonbank servicer, reported a slight $2.5 billion drop, although its subservicing portfolio grew 2.8% to $310.5 billion.

MP Thrift, which is controlled by MatlinPatterson, completed a slightly larger sale of Flagstar’s shares last year...

It was the second quarter in a row that Freddie Mac was allowed to keep all of the money it earned as opposed to upstreaming retained capital in excess of $3.0 billion to the U.S. Treasury, the owner of its senior preferred shares.

Citadel has not securitized non-QM loans, opting instead for whole loan sales. But with a new owner, all that could change...