In the second quarter, Wells Fargo suffered a 2.0% sequential decline in its MSR portfolio while JPM's receivables dropped 1.4%...

Fannie/Freddie "noncore" loans include conforming jumbos, mortgages with debt-to-income ratios greater than 43%, investor loans/second properties and cash-out refinances...

In a new report to its shareholders, Fairholme Capital Management notes the fund it manages owns a 4% position in the preferred shares of Freddie, “which currently trade at less than half of stated liquidation values, implying potential current yields of over 14% per annum.”

The securitization of retail-property mortgages plummeted 25.7% from 1Q to 2Q, IM&A found...

During the quarter, Redwood issued a $400.84 million prime non-agency MBS and sold approximately $800 million through whole loan executions.

Large nonbanks the likes of UWM, Quicken and loanDepot are hiring but overall, the mortgage employment figures for June were not particularly strong...

Ginnie Mae is turning off the spigot on refinances of high LTV mortgages guaranteed by the VA...

PennyMac remained the largest nonbank servicer of agency loans with $325.12 billion on its books at the end of June…

“The originations segment now acts as a much stronger macro hedge for our servicing operation, and we believe it will play a major role in helping us achieve our profitability and shareholder return targets,” said Jay Bray, Mr. Cooper’s chairman and CEO.

One potential solution to the nation’s huge deficits: a transition tax on trades of stocks and bonds, including MBS...