Shouldn’t the managements of Fannie and Freddie start preparing for the day when they’re “free” from the shackles of regulatory bondage? Shouldn’t CEOs Hugh Frater (Fannie) and David Brickman (Freddie) be holding high level meetings with their lieutenants regarding strategies for the future?

New Residential will assume some of Ditech’s office space and roughly 1,100 workers will be offered employment at the REIT.

Over the past 60 days, some “big name sellers” having been testing the waters of the MSR market, said one advisor…

Ditech, in the coming days, expects to close on its previously announced asset sale to New Residential Investment Corp. The REIT is scheduled to purchase most of the nonbank’s servicing portfolio and what’s left of its origination platform.

Although origination volumes appear to be strong these days, some mortgage executives are already worrying about what might happen next year...

According to figures compiled by Inside Nonconforming Markets, in the first half of the year Deephaven ranked eighth among all expanded-credit mortgage lenders with total production of $650 million.

California loans account for the largest share of the portfolio at 12.4%. The bid deadline Sept. 18.

Currently, one of Houlihan Lokey's biggest mortgage-related assignments involves the liquidation of assets belonging to megaservicer Ditech Financial, which is operating under bankruptcy protection...

According to a new report from DBRS, more owners of servicing rights are opting to issue debt backed by their MSR portfolios.

Other lenders have gone the ancillary route as well, including Mr. Cooper and Ocwen Financial.