A former loan trader at Goldman Sachs has launched a new subprime mortgage company offering LTVs as high as 75 percent.

Will a private conventional MBS market ever happen? If GSE g-fees keep rising, yes.

The American Securitization Forum, a high profile trade group that focuses on MBS issues, is in turmoil with several of its board members quitting.

Speculation is mounting that International Business Machines may have the contract to build the new single-platform MBS unit for FHFA.

GMH Mortgage Services, which is barely five years old, has hired GMAC veteran Frank DiMaio to run national sales.

Ocwen's huge overseas workforce has allowed it to lower its servicing costs substantially, at least that's how it appears.

Citadel Servicing has raised $200 million in capital to originate residential subprime mortgages. Does this mean subprime lending is "back"? Answer: yes and no.

FHA staff could be furloughed if the federal sequester happens Thursday night.

Wells Fargo has not given up on mortgage lending JVs after all and has hired someone to manage them.

The "Qualified Mortgage" rule will survive any legal testing of the authority of CFPB chief Richard Cordray.