Nonbanks are making progress in picking up market share, but it's uncertain how much more turf commercial banks might cede.

A 15 percent downpayment mortgage from Wells Fargo? It's true. Cole Taylor sale moves closer. Mortgage jobs head south.

Look for an update late Thursday on the sale of Cole Taylor Mortgage. Meanwhile, does anyone care that credit unions are holding 30-year jumbo mortgages in portfolio?

With mortgage rates at their highest level in more than two years, the long-awaited boom in mergers and acquisitions may finally be here. But don’t expect sellers to accept just any price. “M&A is picking up,” said Larry Charbonneau, who runs a boutique advisory firm, Charbonneau & Associates. “The big fish want to buy the small ones, but the small ones don’t know if it’s in their best interest to sell yet.” Charbonneau points out...

With origination profits leveling off, some mortgage bankers are looking to cash out. But can they still get top dollar?

Carrington Mortgage is in the market to buy residential servicing rights. Meanwhile, the mortgage application losing streak has ended.

Bank of America has once again unloaded a decent-sized chunk of mortgage servicing rights, this time Ginnie Mae product.

As reported by IMFnews late last week, Stewart Title is buying Allonhill, a due diligence firm based in Denver. Meanwhile, look for billions of dollars in NPL sales soon.

A title insurance firm is taking a close look at due diligence provider Allonhill. Meanwhile, mergers and acquisitions in the residential finance industry could explode.

MountainView Servicing Group has set a bid deadline of August 29 on the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac MSRs.