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

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

Servicing brokers such as Mark Garland, Steve Harris and Tom Piercy are seeing new entrants to the MSR-buying market…

Despite heralding the investment made by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Guaranteed Rate will not say how much the PE firm invested or how large of a stake it acquired…

Mark Stafford, managing director of MS Capital Advisors: “Margin compression is real and many companies lost money in the first quarter.”

Besides selling RFC, the publicly traded FNB is consolidating 20 of its branches in a cost cutting move.

Consultant Joe Garrett: "Salesmen don’t get paid less just because the company didn’t do well..."

Since the beginning of the year, at least 11 mortgage banking franchises have come to terms with new owners, representing annualized loan production of $70.3 billion – enough volume to rank as the nation’s fourth largest lender, according to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes one data chart.]

If you’re looking for a barometer on reform legislation passing, just take a peek at the share price of Fannie and Freddie common.

A Wells Fargo spokesman: "We currently have 33 home lending locations in those states and no home lending team members will be moving to Flagstar as part of this divestiture."