Don't put too much stock in the new government figures on mortgage hiring. Some firms are cutting back like Pacific Union Financial.

The MSR sales machine is cranking up at MountainView.

Cole Taylor Mortgage is getting serious about the servicing business. It purchased a portfolio from Liberty Savings and plans to start its own in-house platform.

Ellington Management under new mortgage chief Steve Abreu may go on a purchase tear, rolling up companies.

It looks like a sweet deal for Nationstar: Merrill Lynch helps sell its unsecured debt and then off loads some of its legacy MSRs to the nonbank.

According to industry sources, the FHA recently sent out administrative letters to a handful of residential lenders. Meanwhile, yet another new subprime originator has emerged.

The auction market for nonperforming mortgages is beginning to generate heat with prices rising nicely from last year.

New bulk MSR packages continue to hit the market. Many of the new deals have low coupons and hardly any delinquencies.

Is Ralph Nader in bed with hedge funds over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Mortgage banking can make strange bed fellows.

CashCall, one of the largest call center lenders in the U.S., is open for offers, Inside Mortgage Finance has learned.