Total Ginnie assets stood at $60.2 billion as of the end of September, up from $39.5 billion a year earlier. And liabilities increased from $9.7 billion to $29.4 billion.

Loan applications declined even as interest rates came down further.

The CFPB is in the process of revising its mortgage servicing standards under Regulation X, and expects to float a proposed rule in March.

Fannie Mae expects a slow pace of recovery from previously recessionary levels of housing activity.

Among residential loan processors, Mr. Cooper ranks sixth in terms of MSR ownership with $528 billion...

Ginnie continued to set the pace as its single-family servicing grew by 2.4% in the third quarter.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council pointed to systemic issues if nonbank servicers fail.

S. 3502, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, received prompt support from a number of industry trade groups.

The sector is shrinking thanks, in part, to the origination downturn and meager gains in mortgage debt outstanding.

After the Fed held rates steady Wednesday, uncertainty regarding the path of future rate movements appeared to clear.