“If Cordray were engaged in malfeasance, inefficiency or neglect of duty, don’t you think the Obama administration would have done something about that?” asked one legal scholar.

One former Fannie Mae official told us that stellar profits posted by the two are “just about done.”

While most banks are running away from the business of servicing home mortgages, BB&T appears to like the space...

Bill Erbey, who was forced out by financial regulators two-plus years ago, controls 16.8 percent of Ocwen Financial...

The Cato Institute is a conservative think tank and a quick read of Calabria’s blog makes it sound like he favors getting the government out of the MBS guaranty business...

Spencer Stuart, headhunting firm, aided the MI in its search for a new CEO. A few months back former Freddie Mac executive Bruce Witherell was approached about the job, but passed.

Phillips, managing director of financial markets/client solutions at BlackRock, is well known in MBS circles for his early days at First Boston…

CMG Mortgage founder and CEO Chris George said that when it comes to hiring he's mostly in a "holding pattern" right now, with exceptions...

The full Senate could vote on the Ben Carson nomination next week...

Correspondent lending accounts for 21.4 percent of Stearns’ total origination volume, based on fourth quarter figures from Inside Mortgage Finance…