One former loanDepot official had this to say about the rumor: “It makes sense. loanDepot has plenty of loan officers handling inbound leads. Amazon could create a ton more and compete with Quicken….”

At $10.3 billion, the package is believed to be one of the largest in the auction market right now.

If the deal comes off, loanDepot employees will receive free Amazon Prime accounts…

Eli Global is hardly a household name in residential finance, but the privately held investment firm aims to be a player in the industry by purchasing mortgage companies and running them as separate entities.

The delinquencies on the MIAC package total 5.3 percent…

All of the loans in the new JPM deal were originated by First Republic Bank, with seasoning of seven years...

Ed Robinson, senior vice president in charge of mortgage banking for Fifth Third, told Inside Mortgage Finance his bank made a conscious decision to jump into the MSR acquisition arena…

Prestwick’s George Christo cites “float earnings” as a significant value driver…

The average loan size of the package is $224,106…

Bank buyers of MSRs favor packages that are at least $2 billion in size…