With rates rising of late, MSR pricing should firm up...

DeMarco, by the way, called on Congress to take a “thoughtful” review of the FHA program and Ginnie Mae’s role in housing finance.

Over the past two weeks, the mortgage mergers-and-acquisitions market shifted into high gear with speculation surrounding such top-ranked mortgage firms as PHH Corp. and Flagstar Bancorp. Then again, in the past, both of these top-10 lenders have been the subject of takeover rumors with deals falling to the wayside over price or other concerns. This time it could be different. And then there’s...

The MSR sale market continues to pick up steam. Last week, IMA came to market with almost $3.70 billion of bulk mortgage servicing deals...

A day after the news broke that W.J. Bradley Mortgage has shut its doors, competition is heating up for some of its top loan officer and executive talent...

MorVest has represented only sellers of mortgage servicing rights, but that may change...

Neil Ahuja, CEO of Premium Point, said the firm is keeping its options open.

The Freddie portfolio includes loans from all 50 states with California receivables having the largest market share at 18.6 percent.

Mortgage M&A historians might recall that last decade, before the financial crisis struck, Countrywide Financial Corp. was in serious talks to buy PHH’s mortgage business...

PHH has retained Credit Suisse Securities and J.P. Morgan as financial advisors and Jones Day as legal advisor “to assist in the process.”