With RoundPoint Mortgage under its belt, Freedom would crack the top-10 ranking of residential servicers...

Ocwen's originations were anemic at $353 million in the quarter.

Although the overall job market is strong, all is not well in the mortgage industry. Maybe next month will be better...

For Fannie and Freddie, it was the highest concentration of low-score/high-LTV loans over the past five years...

Where Wells Fargo is no longer number one: Monthly MBS issuance...

PennyMac founder and Executive Chairman Stan Kurland: "While the correspondent market remains competitive, margins appear to be stabilizing as they were essentially unchanged from the prior quarter at 29 basis points..."

Wells Fargo continues to dominate the servicing arena with a market share of 13.5%, almost double its closest competitor...

Officials at Mr. Cooper said the loss was primarily driven by a negative $293 million net fair value mark on mortgage servicing rights.

New Residential acquired MSRs with a total unpaid principal balance of $49 billion in the first four months of 2019.

To date, Fannie has upstreamed $179.0 billion in quarterly dividends to Uncle Sam versus assistance draws of $118.9 billion, giving it an account surplus of $59.2 billion...