A few months back, the firm raised $23 million by selling notes due in 2024. The unsecured, unsubordinated paper pays a yield of 7.125%. Sachem has received an investment grade private rating of BBB+ from Egan-Jones Co.

Wells Fargo, for instance, reported $675.0 million in residential mortgage banking income for the second quarter, up just 2.1% from the previous period.

Complaints tied to residential servicing practices continued to dominate the filings...

In general, New Residential Investment Corp. does not look at portfolios of less than $5 billion in size, according to market watchers...

Approximately $600 million of refinance loans with a VA guarantee were left stranded on lenders’ balance sheets due to a conflict in Ginnie seasoning requirements that were ushered in with passage of the Dodd-Frank reform act...

Altisource is headed by William Shepro, who was paid $6.1 million last year. Over the past three years, the CEO took home $15.2 million in total compensation, which includes salary, bonuses, stock and options.

Situs Managing Director Mark Garland said the MSR sale market is beginning to thaw a bit after being slowed by declining interest rates.

Acting Ginnie Mae President Maren Kasper: “The RFI enables the agency to incorporate the views of a wide variety of stakeholders as we continue to refine the model, implement policy and evaluate potential risk to the U.S. housing finance system.”

Equifax, while agreeing to the settlement, denied the charges in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission: “The company’s participation in the consumer settlement does not constitute an admission by the company of any fault or liability, and the company does not admit fault or liability," the vendors said.

As for who bought the roughly $30.0 billion, that’s a different matter. Wells declined to provide any color on the situation.